eagle: [14] Eagle comes via Old French aigle from Latin aquila (source also of English aquiline [17]). This was presumably a derivative of the adjective aquilus ‘dark-coloured’, suggesting that the eagle’s name originally signified simply ‘dark-coloured bird’ (Greek had the term melanáetos ‘black eagle’). Before the French word was introduced, the English term for ‘eagle’ was erne, which still survives dialectally. => aquiline
eagle (n.)
mid-14c., from Old French egle, from Old Provençal aigla, from Latin aquila "black eagle," fem. of aquilus, often explained as "dark colored" (bird); see aquiline. The native term was erne. Golf score sense is by 1908 (according to old golf sources, because it "soars higher" than a birdie). As the name of a U.S. $10 coin minted from 1792 to 1933, established in the 1786 resolution for a new monetary system (but at first only the desperately needed small copper coins were minted). The figurative eagle-eyed is attested from c. 1600.
实用例句
1. Three cannabis plants were found by eagle-eyed police officers.
火眼金睛的警官发现了3株大麻。
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2. Eagle Star offers a 10% discount to the over-55s.
鹰星公司给予年龄在55岁以上的顾客10％的折扣。
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3. She knew the exact location of The Eagle's headquarters.
她知道“飞鹰”总部的确切地点。
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4. The eagle is the animal most sacred to the Native Americans.
对印第安人来说，鹰是最神圣的动物。
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5. He did the work under the eagle eye of his teacher.
