talon

FREQ #21264

n. 爪, 如爪的手, 魔爪, 爪饰 [医] 磨牙低尖

发音

US /ˈtælən/

词形变化

talons 复数 talons

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.

    爪子

  2. 2.

    One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.

    生物 动物学
  3. 3.

    A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.)

    建筑
  4. 4.

    The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.

  5. 5.

    The remaining stock of undealt cards.

    游戏
  6. 6.

    A document that could be detached and presented in exchange for a block of further coupons on a bond, when the original block had been used up.

    历史 商务 金融

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Proto-Romance *tālōnis, from Latin tālus (“ankle”).

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