| 单词 | merlin |
| 例句 | “Please,” began the Wart, “I am a merlin....” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I bet I am more than a subaltern,” said fire Wart, “if I am a merlin.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Send him over to stand by Colonel Cully while we ring three times,” said the other merlin. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “You still do not follow what I mean. Suppose he had gone as a merlin last night, and failed in the ordeal, and lost his nerve?” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The merlins were released every winter and new ones caught again next year. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Balan, who was one of the real merlins standing beside him, leaned over and whispered quite kindly in his ear, “Don’t be afraid. Call her Madam.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z In those days they used to hood everything they could, even the goshawk and the merlin, which are no longer hooded according to modem practice. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I am a merlin, Madam, an it please you.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “I should like to be a merlin,” said the Wart politely. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She could hawk with a merlin, or play blind man’s buff, or pince-merille. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Fingers. Two glasses up. . . . No, no, no. It’s a merlin.” Migrating birds of prey draw visitors to the Florida Keys 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Through the branches, I glimpse Walworth’s great tower, silvery in the pale sunlight, almost expecting to see a ghostly queen cantering by, a merlin on her glove. In northeast England, learning about birds of prey and their high-flying ways High in the baby-blue sky above Curry Hammock State Park in the Florida Keys, a very small merlin falcon with a very big attitude repeatedly attacked an osprey five times its size. Migrating birds of prey draw visitors to the Florida Keys 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z The merlin wheeled, darted and dove again on the osprey. Migrating birds of prey draw visitors to the Florida Keys 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z Migratory birds, including merlins and short-eared owls, use the shoreline of Lake Michigan as a navigational aid to reach their winter roosts. The U.S. Issue: Endangered Species: A Coast-to-Coast Guide to Endangered Species 2011-05-13T20:22:51Z Then the two birds broke off hostilities; the merlin to continue its migration to its wintering grounds far to the south and the osprey to hunt for a fish dinner. Migrating birds of prey draw visitors to the Florida Keys 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z If you’re lucky, you might spot a golden eagle, northern goshawk, peregrine falcon or a merlin. Eight great places to see the Mid-Atlantic’s migrating birds 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z In a forest near Lake Michigan, two scientists attached a backpack tracking device to a merlin they’d lured into a net. Troubled species rebound — only to make things worse for others animals in peril 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z “Giddy up!! Do you believe in unicorns? Our team of experienced wranglers was able to rescue the pony and returned it to #merlin,” the CHP wrote in the post along with the hashtag #watchoutforponies. Pony trotting along 91 Freeway rescued after SUV clips it; CHP looking for hit-and-run driver 2019-09-30T04:00:00Z For example, in animal studies, loss of merlin expression is associated with cancer-cell vulnerability to inhibition of a protein called focal adhesion kinase13. Cancer-cell death ironed out 2019-07-23T04:00:00Z Nests are topped with cage-like enclosures that bar entry to predatory merlins, gulls, raccoons, foxes and coyotes but leave enough space between the wires for the plovers to enter and exit. Overflowing Great Lakes pose new threat for endangered bird 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z Nests are topped with cage-like enclosures that bar entry to predatory merlins, gulls, raccoons, foxes and coyotes but leave enough space between the wires for the plovers to enter and exit. Overflowing Great Lakes pose new threat for endangered bird 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z While officials have shot some merlins, they’re looking for nonlethal controls. Troubled species rebound — only to make things worse for others animals in peril 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z Maybe they didn’t notice the word “forest” in the neighborhood name or the merlins raising a family in one of the trees? Rant & Rave: Crossing the 520 bridge by bike and on foot 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Despite ice, they see mallards, buffleheads and other water birds; they’re delighted to spot a small falcon called a merlin, Canada geese and a great blue heron. ‘Warblers & Woodpeckers’: Father and son take off for a big, rewarding year of birding 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z Down the street, a merlin — a small, sleek falcon — reposed atop one of the last big trees left on the block. A day with Seattle bird counters reveals a wonderland of nature — amid dog parks, neighborhoods and urban playfields 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z A merlin falcon, no longer able to fly because of a wing fracture, will join the Air Force Academy’s collection of birds of prey. Raptor center gives a second chance at survival 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z They combine recordings of distressed birds with an occasional cry from a predator: sharp-shinned hawk, kestrel, merlin, peregrine falcon . Why are invisible birds shrieking near the World Bank in downtown D.C.? 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z By the time of her father’s death, Macdonald, an experienced falconer, had trained kestrels and merlins and peregrines, but she had never cared to train a goshawk. How to Train Your Raptor 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z They also provide a home to rare birds including the hen harrier, merlin, peregrine falcon, golden plover, red grouse and black grouse. Off-roaders 'damaging wildlife' 2014-04-19T12:33:48Z And merlin now nest in Seattle, when only five years ago, they didn’t. A day with Seattle bird counters reveals a wonderland of nature — amid dog parks, neighborhoods and urban playfields 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z For me, the year also provided a chance to watch nature up close, whether it was a family of merlins fledging their chicks or a deer-tick-infected moose surviving the winter. Green Blog: After a Year on a Hilltop, Balancing the Books 2012-09-19T15:53:33Z The merlin, too, is occasionally trained: the present writer flew these beautiful little birds at larks for years; but gave them up in 1857, and confined himself entirely to peregrines and goshawks. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z He differed entirely from all those soldiers around him; he grew notably greater in face of them, as if the eagle, king of birds, had appeared among hawks, falcons, and merlins. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z The fell "becks" sparkles in the sun; the merlin screams over the heather, and the grouse packs break up. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Where the red fox runs and the merlin sings, And the hedge is alive with the whir of wings, And the wise earth whispers of nameless things— Ah, follow the open road! In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z At length, with lance in rest, I sallied forth from my pavilion swifter than a merlin, well planted in the stirrup, and armed all in white on a charger, the which had a white caparison. The Book of the Duke of True Lovers 2011-07-18T02:00:24.030Z This morning we found a merlin sitting just outside the tent door; it had evidently been stuffing itself with scraps of offal from the camp until it was perfectly stupid and could scarcely fly. Three in Norway by Two of Them 2011-07-10T02:00:15.900Z The merlin is used for flying at larks, and there does not seem to be any other use to which this pretty little falcon may fairly be put. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z He carried a merlin hawk perched on his fist, but he seemed to take less interest in the sport than did his younger companions. The Golden Galleon BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER GILBERT OGLANDER, AND OF HOW, IN THE YEAR 1591, HE FOUGHT UNDER THE GALLANT SIR 2011-04-25T02:00:10.333Z The hobby and the merlin would not bee omitted among hawkes the first coming to us in the spring the other about the autumn. Notes and Letters on the Natural History of Norfolk More Especially on the Birds and Fishes 2011-04-18T02:00:11.353Z We shall find game for goshawks, kestrels, jer-falcons, merlins, and every sort. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z By chance the merlin was perched upon the neck of Vaga’s palfrey; and, while speaking, the Prince had drawn close up, as if to get a nearer view of it. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The smaller falcons, the merlin and the hobby, require a great number of small birds to keep them in good health for any length of time. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z We watched the merlins, the fierce cannibals of the moors, which dash upon the smaller birds and are even bold enough to attack the young grouse at times. Windyridge "The fire now became so excessively heavy that the enemy withdrew their cannon from their embrasures, placed them behind the merlins, and scarcely fired a shot during the whole day." The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 And she darted off as swiftly as the merlin shoots down the mountain stream. A Captive of the Roman Eagles And once again went they out hawking, with the same cast of peregrines and the same little merlin. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z The hawks used in England are the three great northern falcons, viz. the Greenland, Iceland and Norway falcons, the peregrine falcon, the hobby, the merlin, the goshawk and the sparrow-hawk. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z She charmed me in this mood—waxing disdainful, half insulting; pride, temper, derision, blent in her large fine eye, that had just now the look of a merlin's. Shirley Ay, sir, such honour as a poor merlin would feel at being caged with honourable and right honourable eagles. The Buccaneer A Tale Other scenes there were: noble dames, sitting on Flemish palfreys, and watching the flight of the merlin hawk. The Scalp Hunters The peregrines had killed cushat and partridge, the merlin its half-score of buntings and turtle-doves, and the ladies having had a surfeit of sport, were about setting faces homeward. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z It is a problem which perplexes us still, when we are astonished and even deluded by the likeness between a wasp and a hover-fly, a merlin and a cuckoo. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The merlins come only into the Punjab, but most of the other raptores spread over the whole of India. A Bird Calendar for Northern India Above, where the limestone yields place to the millstone, were the high moors and fells, where grouse, curlews and merlins nested among the heather, and hardy, blue-faced sheep browsed on the mountain herbage. Tales of the Ridings A tiny falcon—a merlin—shot up out of the mist, hung for a moment, whilst the sun transformed his wings to purple bronze, and fell again, vanishing instantly. The Way of the Wild Following the old course, the hawking party had ascended to the summit of the hill to give the merlin its turn. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z He held the hound in silken band, The merlin perched upon his hand, And frolic, mirth and wayward glee Glanced in the heart of Romillé. A Book for the Young The nest of the red-headed merlin is a compact circular platform, about twelve inches in diameter, placed in a fork near the top of a tree. A Bird Calendar for Northern India "St. George is a good bird, and is anxious to try a flight; and thou art a stranger, too; thou must take it," and she placed the merlin on his wrist. Heiress of Haddon In short, the enchanter, the merlin, the open sesame, the omnipotent sorcerer gold was to work the miracles to which Howel had been so long looking forward. Gladys, the Reaper Why its mistress proposed changing the scene of their sport was that no larks nor buntings—the merlin’s special quarry—were to be met with by the marsh. No Quarter! 2011-03-26T02:00:16.330Z At that moment, two poor merlins with wearied pinions sought refuge in the rigging of our vessel, and were captured for the noble ladies, who nursed them with tenderest affection.' The Land-War In Ireland (1870) A History For The Times Large numbers of doves, vultures, eagles, red-headed merlins, martins and munias—birds whose nests were described in January—are still busy feeding their young. A Bird Calendar for Northern India In vain she seeks the greenwood grove, In vain she hears the merlin sing, In vain she seeks her flower alcove, In vain for her the roses spring. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. "He that is courtly or gentle, is among them like a merlin after Michaelmas in the field with crows." Notes and Queries, Number 39, July 27, 1850 In the midst, quite smothered under their larger wings, were the remains of a smaller bird—probably a merlin. The Amateur Poacher The words "after Michaelmas" are used because "the merlin does not breed here, but visits us in October." Notes and Queries, Number 50, October 12, 1850 In the fort there were 58 pieces of iron ordnance, 23 of which, according to my remembrance, were mounted upon carriages, and placed between baricadoes or merlins on a platform by the sea side. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 The merlin and hobby are both small hawks and fit only for small birds, as the blackbird, &c. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 339, November 8, 1828 Alleyne had ceased painting his pied merlin, and sat, brush in hand, staring with open eyes at a type of man so strange and so unlike any whom he had met. The White Company Falcons are equally rare: the little merlin comes down from the north now and then, but the peregrine falcon as a resident or regular visitor is extinct. The Life of the Fields The merlin was a type of falcon well adapted to a lady's purpose, and hawking parties were common among the Norman-English families of the neighborhood—often including dames and demoiselles who flew their own falcons. Masters of the Guild Birds of prey, winging from the sea, rising from marshlands, swooping from eyries, hover screaming, gannets, cormorants, vultures, goshawks, climbing woodcocks, peregrines, merlins, blackgrouse, sea eagles, gulls, albatrosses, barnacle geese. Ulysses Yes," said she to herself, "yes, I will recall this truant merlin, and he shall return to perch upon the hand he used to love! Prince Eugene and His Times Aye, this is indeed a pied merlin, and with a leveret under its claws, as I am a living woman. The White Company Continually birds of various sorts were flushed, and each was pursued by the appropriate hawk, the snipe by the tercel, the partridge by the goshawk, even the lark by the little merlin. Sir Nigel This particular lure was intended for the education of a young merlin of great beauty and promise, destined for Eleanor's use. Masters of the Guild He hated to heel, in a spasm of will, From sleep or debate, a mannikin squire With head of a merlin hawk and quill Acrow on an ear. Poems — Volume 3 The story of the merlin is that having been induced by a gleam of fine weather in the winter to escape from his master, he was soon oppressed by the rigour of the season. v. Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete Why," said Alleyne, "a merlin is a bird of the same form as an eagle or a falcon. The White Company But it seemed different, somehow, when she herself sent the merlin forth to kill. Masters of the Guild |
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