| 单词 | talon |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['tælən] |
| 解释 | n.猛禽的锐爪 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.猛禽的锐爪 (claw of a bird of prey) 【考】 talon : eagle / claw : panther(鹰和鹰爪/豹和豹爪) 【例】 The hawk seized the rabbit in its formidable talons. |
| 字源 | talon (n.) c.1400, talounz "claws of a bird or beast," probably originally from Old French talon "heel or hinder part of the foot of a beast, or of a man, or of a shoe; foot-step" (12c.), from Medieval Latin talonem "heel," from Latin talus "ankle" (see talus (n.1)). "The extension to birds of prey, and subsequent stages, are peculiar to English" [OED]. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 猛禽的爪子 【记】读: 泰森－拥有锐利的爪子. 【类】talon: eagle = claw: panther鹰和鹰爪 = 豹和豹爪 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：踏 on ，踏上，是用爪子踏上；falcon 猎鹰 有 talon； |
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