peregrine

英 [ˈperɪɡrɪn]

美 [ˈperɪɡrɪn]

n.  游隼

复数：peregrines　

BNC.16824 / COCA.17940

牛津词典

noun

• 游隼
  a grey and white bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) that can be trained to hunt for sport

英英释义

noun

• a widely distributed falcon formerly used in falconry
  Synonym:peregrine falconFalco peregrinus

adj

• migratory
  1. a restless mobile society
  2. the nomadic habits of the Bedouins
  3. believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future
  4. wandering tribes
  Synonym:mobilenomadicrovingwandering

双语例句

• Peregrine Banbury, a client group head at Coutts& Co, the private bank, says the phenomenon is more common than one might think.
  私人银行coutts&co的客户集团主管佩里格林班伯里（peregrinebanbury）表示，这种现象比人们想象中更为常见。
• BNP Paribas, the French investment bank, is planning a major recruitment drive in mainland China over the next two years as part of a regional revamp that includes the axing of its well-known Peregrine brand.
  法国投行巴黎银行（BNPParibas）计划未来2年在中国大陆地区大举招募人手，这是其区域重组计划的一部分。该计划包括砍掉其著名的百富勤（BNPParibasPeregrine）品牌。
• The male peregrine's love of his cliff is the strongest bond in his life, even greater than the attachment to his mate.
  这只雄隼对着这片崖壁的热爱已成为它生命中最牢不可破的约定，甚至比它对伴侣的爱恋还要强。
• The peregrine is God's creature, and by understanding its beauty and function I appreciated more and more my own Creator.
  游隼是上帝的杰作，了解了游隼的美丽和能耐，我更加感激造物主了。
• It took about six weeks for the eyas to mature into a fully grown peregrine falcon.
  雏鹰成长为一只完全成熟的游隼大概需要六周的时间。
• When the Moon shall be in the combust way, or peregrine, in the beginning of a journey, the person will either fall sick in his journey, or shall be otherwise grievously troubled and molested.
  在旅行之始，如月亮在“燃烧之路”，或浮游，其人要么在旅途中生病，要么有令人讨厌的麻烦和干扰。
• Peregrine falcons were commonly used throughout Europe, Asia and the Middle East in the practice of falconry.
  游隼曾经在欧洲、亚洲和中东地区被广泛用于放鹰狩猎。
• In his book On the Wing, Alan Tennant chronicles his efforts to track the migration of the peregrine falcon.
  在亚伦•泰宁特（AlanTennant）的《游隼之翼》（OntheWing）一书中，他详细记录了游隼的迁徙过程。
• The Peregrine Falcon was once used in the sport of falconry.
  游隼一度被用于鹰猎运动。
• Again I felt a thrill for one of earth's fastest creatures: the American peregrine falcon.
  我内心又一次感到非常激动，我为这地球上速度最快的物种之一&美国游隼而激动不已。