merlin

英 ['m??l?n] 美

暢通詞匯

merlin 灰背隼

來自中古英語merlone,來自Proto-Germanic*smirilaz,鷹，隼，詞源同德語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，亞瑟王創建了圓桌騎士團。

2. She was already a keen and experienced sailor, having crewed in both Merlin and Grayling.: 在“默林”號和“格雷林”號上工作過以后，她已經是一名頭腦敏捷、經驗豐富的水手了。

3. King Arthur hid his treasures here and Merlin enchanted the cave so that nobody should ever find them.: 亞瑟王將他的財寶藏在這里，墨林對洞穴施了魔法，這樣永遠不會有人找到那些財寶。

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. ”

5. Older legends say that Merlin raised the stones by magic.: 更為古老的傳說稱墨林使用巫術堆起了那些巨石。