• n. 灰背隼
• n. (Merlin)人名；(意)梅林；(英、德)默林；(法)梅蘭

來(lái)自中古英語(yǔ)merlone,來(lái)自Proto-Germanic*smirilaz,鷹，隼，詞源同德語(yǔ)Schmerl.用于指歐洲的一種灰背隼。

merlin (n.)

small, strong European falcon, early 14c., from Anglo-French merilun, a shortened form of Old French esmerillon "merlin, small hawk" (12c., Modern French émerillon), from Frankish *smiril or some other Germanic source (compare Old High German smerlo, German Schmerl "merlin"). Spanish esmerejon, Italian smeriglio also are Germanic loan-words.

Merlin

sorcerer and soothsayer in Arthurian legends, from Old French form of Welsh Myrddhin, probably from Old Celtic *Mori-dunon, literally "of the sea-hill," from *mori "sea" (see mere (n.)) + dunom "hill" (see dune).

1. At Merlin's instigation, Arthur founds the Fellowship of the Round Table.

在梅林的建議下，亞瑟王創(chuàng)建了圓桌騎士團(tuán)。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. She was already a keen and experienced sailor, having crewed in both Merlin and Grayling.

在“默林”號(hào)和“格雷林”號(hào)上工作過(guò)以后，她已經(jīng)是一名頭腦敏捷、經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的水手了。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

3. King Arthur hid his treasures here and Merlin enchanted the cave so that nobody should ever find them.

亞瑟王將他的財(cái)寶藏在這里，墨林對(duì)洞穴施了魔法，這樣永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)有人找到那些財(cái)寶。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

4. I'm Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.'

我是羅克沃爾.斯林格,這位是默林.格里夫斯. ”

來(lái)自新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)

5. Older legends say that Merlin raised the stones by magic.

更為古老的傳說(shuō)稱墨林使用巫術(shù)堆起了那些巨石。

來(lái)自辭典例句