windhover

/wind-huhv-er, -hov-/US // ˈwɪndˌhʌv ər, -ˌhɒv- //UK // (ˈwɪndˌhɒvə) //

风向标,风车,风车的作用

Definitions

n.名词 noun

As illustrating a remarkable quality of flight, the case of the kestrel or windhover may be taken.
The kestrel or windhover acts in quite a different fashion to the sparrow-hawk.
But the greatest of all exponents in the art of hovering is the kestrel, known also, for this very reason, as the “windhover.”