glede

n. [鸟]鸢,老鹰

发音

其它 /ɡliːd/

词形变化

gledes 复数

别名

gled glead gleed

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several birds of prey, especially a kite, Milvus milvus.

  2. 1.

    A live coal; an ember.

    1937, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit [Chapter 14 - Fire and Water], His last throes splintered it to sparks and gledes.

    1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring [Book 2, Chapter 2 - The Council of Elrond], It was hot when I first took it, hot as a glede, and my hand was scorched, so that I doubt if ever again I shall be free of the pain of it.

词源

From Middle English glede, from Old English glida, from Proto-West Germanic *glidā, from Proto-Germanic *glidǭ; akin to Icelandic gleða, Swedish glada. Compare glide.

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