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osprey

/os-pree/US // ˈɒs pri //UK // (ˈɒsprɪ, -preɪ) //

鱼鹰,鹰隼,鹰嘴鱼,鹗

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural os·preys.

    • : Also called fish hawk. a large hawk, Pandion haliaetus, that feeds on fish.
    • : a plume for trimming hats.

Examples

  • The most recent Osprey crash occurred April 11 during an annual exercise in Morocco, killing two Marines.

  • Major Gruber was a helicopter pilot before he started training to fly the V-22 Osprey in 1997.

  • In that same year a devastating audio recording surfaced of the commanding officer of the Osprey squadron.

  • However, the Osprey continues today with a less-than-perfect record.

  • According to an NPR report, American Marines, using an Osprey aircraft, recovered one of the airmen.

  • Nor, in the rising flood of our affairs, Fish like an osprey for this eagle longer.But, soft!

  • I could only see the top of her head, but the hat was a very smart one, with a beautiful osprey in it.

  • Thus, the osprey, which feeds almost exclusively on fish, is merely a winter visitor to India.

  • Of the migratory birds of prey the kestrel is perhaps the first to arrive; the osprey and the peregrine falcon are among the last.

  • The osprey had already risen to a considerable height with his fish, and had started to fly off with it over the woods.