kestrel

• n. （產於歐洲的）茶隼

可能來自古法語crecerelle變體，鷹，隼，擬聲詞，-elle,小詞後綴。

kestrel (n.)

kind of falcon, c. 1600, earlier castrell (15c.), probably from Middle French cresserelle, which apparently is related to crecerelle "rattle," from Latin crepitacillium "small rattle," diminutive of crepitaculum "noisy bell, rattle," from crepitare "to crackle, rattle;" possibly from the old belief that their noise frightened away other hawks.

1. At 1130 am , several blocks away , came a report of another wounded bird, this time an American kestrel.

上午十一點三十分左右, 好幾條街外又傳來另一隻美洲茶隼受傷的消息.

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