Definition of eyrie in English:

eyrie

(North American aerie)

noun ˈɪəriˈɛːriˈʌɪri

1A large nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, built high in a tree or on a cliff.
（建于树的高处或峭壁上的）猛禽巢（尤指鹰巢）
Example sentencesExamples
- We realised the eyrie was burning and probably the eaglets in danger.
- Over 100 eyries were known in Britain and at least 50 in Ireland in the middle of the 19th century.
- Similarly, the police have three hundred and sixty degree visibility over their patch, like eagles in an eyrie.
- His aerie of rare birds was haunting and a very clever visual.
- The 1995 sample was strongly biased because few falcon eyries were checked, and an unusually large colony of 37 pairs of Red-breasted Geese occurred on an island with no raptors.
- ABOUT 20 years ago I went with a fellow falconer to view an eagle's eyrie in the Perthshire Highlands.
- Content in its aerie, the leopard gave Rich an ‘odd look’ now and then - a signal that it hadn't forgotten its audience.
- Only two companies remain to guard the aerie.
- The assumptions that our estimates of the proportion of eyries associated with geese and the proportion of geese that nested with falcons are unbiased can be confirmed only by data collected from other areas.
- It dens down in rocky cairns, under tree roots, sometimes even in the disused eyries of a golden eagle.
- Bald Eagles build large stick nests called eyries in tall trees or on cliffs.
- We defined a territory as any location to which one or more Peregrine Falcons were attached, irrespective of whether we found an eyrie.
- Banding teams either rappelled or climbed to eyries that contained young.
- The King of Eagles carried me to his aerie in the mountains, and left me alone to heal as much as I could.
- A recent report of poisoned pigeons being found pegged out close to Peregrine eyries in Wales was almost certainly the work of pigeon fanciers.
- That impressive collection includes historical images from the 1930s and 1940s of many of the eyries formerly occupied by the eastern ‘duck hawks.’
- Extraordinary measures were taken by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to safeguard the noble fish-hawks at their eyrie by Loch Garten after egg-thieves had brought the birds' first efforts to nought.
- At the aerie, under a rock ledge high above, two big gray chicks were still hunched on the nest.
- Aristophanes' neck arched above her like an eagle staring down from his aerie.
- From 1960 to 1962, Kretschmar and Leonovich found that 19 of 23 Peregrine Falcon eyries in the Pyasina basin were associated with Red-breasted Geese, as were 11 of 12 eyries on the Pura River in 1996.
- An osprey chick hatched this year took its first flight this weekend from its pine tree eyrie in the Lake District, the organisations involved in watching over the birds announced yesterday.
Synonyms
roost
1. 1.1 A high or inaccessible place from which someone can observe what is below them.
  his 40th floor eyrie in the tallest office building in Portland

Origin

Late 15th century: from medieval Latin aeria, aerea, eyria, probably from Old French aire, from Latin area 'level piece of ground', in late Latin 'nest of a bird of prey'.

词汇	eyrie
释义	Definition of eyrie in English: eyrie (North American aerie) noun ˈɪəriˈɛːriˈʌɪri 1A large nest of an eagle or other bird of prey, built high in a tree or on a cliff. （建于树的高处或峭壁上的）猛禽巢（尤指鹰巢） Example sentencesExamples We realised the eyrie was burning and probably the eaglets in danger. Over 100 eyries were known in Britain and at least 50 in Ireland in the middle of the 19th century. Similarly, the police have three hundred and sixty degree visibility over their patch, like eagles in an eyrie. His aerie of rare birds was haunting and a very clever visual. The 1995 sample was strongly biased because few falcon eyries were checked, and an unusually large colony of 37 pairs of Red-breasted Geese occurred on an island with no raptors. ABOUT 20 years ago I went with a fellow falconer to view an eagle's eyrie in the Perthshire Highlands. Content in its aerie, the leopard gave Rich an ‘odd look’ now and then - a signal that it hadn't forgotten its audience. Only two companies remain to guard the aerie. The assumptions that our estimates of the proportion of eyries associated with geese and the proportion of geese that nested with falcons are unbiased can be confirmed only by data collected from other areas. It dens down in rocky cairns, under tree roots, sometimes even in the disused eyries of a golden eagle. Bald Eagles build large stick nests called eyries in tall trees or on cliffs. We defined a territory as any location to which one or more Peregrine Falcons were attached, irrespective of whether we found an eyrie. Banding teams either rappelled or climbed to eyries that contained young. The King of Eagles carried me to his aerie in the mountains, and left me alone to heal as much as I could. A recent report of poisoned pigeons being found pegged out close to Peregrine eyries in Wales was almost certainly the work of pigeon fanciers. That impressive collection includes historical images from the 1930s and 1940s of many of the eyries formerly occupied by the eastern ‘duck hawks.’ Extraordinary measures were taken by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds to safeguard the noble fish-hawks at their eyrie by Loch Garten after egg-thieves had brought the birds' first efforts to nought. At the aerie, under a rock ledge high above, two big gray chicks were still hunched on the nest. Aristophanes' neck arched above her like an eagle staring down from his aerie. From 1960 to 1962, Kretschmar and Leonovich found that 19 of 23 Peregrine Falcon eyries in the Pyasina basin were associated with Red-breasted Geese, as were 11 of 12 eyries on the Pura River in 1996. An osprey chick hatched this year took its first flight this weekend from its pine tree eyrie in the Lake District, the organisations involved in watching over the birds announced yesterday. Synonyms roost 1.1 A high or inaccessible place from which someone can observe what is below them. his 40th floor eyrie in the tallest office building in Portland Origin Late 15th century: from medieval Latin aeria, aerea, eyria, probably from Old French aire, from Latin area 'level piece of ground', in late Latin 'nest of a bird of prey'.
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