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eagle

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ea·gle1 /ˈiːɡəl/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1. eagle.jpg HBBa very large strong bird with a beak like a hook that eats small animals, birds etc 4  See picture of 见图 BIRD OF PREY5 see picture at 见图 bird of prey2. two strokes less than par (=the usual number of strokes for a hole) in a game of golf 老鹰球〔高尔夫球中比标准杆少击两杆入穴的成绩〕3 eagle eye used to say that someone is watching carefully or is likely to notice something 锐利的目光,敏锐的观察 They carried on working, under the eagle eye of the owner. 他们在主人的严密注视下继续干活。
Examples from the Corpus
eagleThey come in the shape of a bear, an eagle and the head of a bison.Yeah, and you can still see a bald eagle at the Desert Museum.They do not feed the young, they do not protect them from eagles, they do not even teach them much.Her smart blue blazer sported a golden eagle surrounded by words he had never seen before.Mr Wolski was among the group of keepers who first saw the escaped golden eagle.Golden eagles, see above, would alone be advised to land elsewhere.
eagle2 verb [transitive]  to use two strokes less than the usual number of strokes for a hole in a game of golf 鹰击入〔穴〕〔高尔夫球中比标准杆少击两杆入穴〕→ See Verb tablenThe EagleEagle, The  na British weekly comic (=a magazine with stories told in pictures) for boys, which was popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Its best-known character was dan dare.From Longman Business DictionaryEagleEa‧gle /ˈiːgəl/ (also American Eagle) noun [countable] a US gold coin worth ten dollarsCoin dealers have been loading up on American Eagle gold coins, a popular choice for small investors whenever they rush to buy gold.Origin eagle (1300-1400) Old French aigle, from Latin aquila
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Eagle, The
a British weekly comic (=a magazine with stories told in pictures) for boys, which was popular in the 1950s and 1960s. Its best-known character was Dan Dare.


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eagle1 /ˈiːɡəl/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1300-1400
 Language: Old French
 Origin: aigle, from Latin aquila

1. a very large strong bird with a beak like a hook that eats small animals, birds etc
2. two strokes less than par (=the usual number of strokes for a hole) in a game of golf
3. eagle eye used to say that someone is watching carefully or is likely to notice something:
    They carried on working, under the eagle eye of the owner.

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eagle2 verb [transitive]
to use two strokes less than the usual number of strokes for a hole in a game of golf


eagleBrE /ˈiːɡl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈiːɡl/ 🔊 noun
a large bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) with a sharp curved beak and very good sight eagles soaring overhead在上空翱翔的雕   see also bald eagle, golden eagle
(in golf 高尔夫球) a score of two strokes less than the standard score for a hole (= two under par ) 鹰击(比标准杆少打两杆)   compare birdie (2) , bogey (4)