单词 | sparrow hawk |
释义 | sparrow hawk (once / 73871 pages) n WORD FAMILY sparrow hawk: sparrow hawks USAGE EXAMPLESHawks and owls have been found in convulsions — great horned owls, screech owls, red-shouldered hawks, sparrow hawks, marsh hawks. Rachel Carson, Silent Spring(1962) Deep in the heart of the Sparrow Hawk Mountains, night overtook me. Wilson Rawls, Where the Red Fern Grows(1961) The evergreen trees, often festooned with silvery lichen, create cool, damp haunts for the sparrow hawk and many other species. New York Times(Jan 21, 2015) 1n small North American falcon Syn|Hyper American kestrel, Falco sparverius, kestrel falcon diurnal birds of prey having long pointed powerful wings adapted for swift flight 2n small hawk of Eurasia and northern Africa Syn|Hyper Accipiter nisus hawk diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail |
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