starling: [OE] Starling is a diminutive form. The original Old English name of the bird was st?r, which together with German star, Swedish stare, and Danish st?r goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *staraz. This was related to Latin sturnus ‘starling’.
starling (n.)
"Sturnus vulgaris," Old English st?rlinc "starling," with diminutive suffix -linc + st?r "starling," from Proto-Germanic *staraz (cognates: Old English stearn, Old Norse stari, Norwegian stare, Old High German stara, German star "starling"), from PIE *storo- "starling" (cognates: Latin sturnus "starling," Old Prussian starnite "gull").
雙語例句
1. One of the main starling roosts is on top of the Town Hall.
市政廳的房頂是歐椋鳥的一個主要棲息處.
來自辭典例句
2. What do you do when you're not detecting , Agent Starling?
斯達琳探員,你不查案時會做什么?
來自電影對白
3. Are you paying attention to me, ex - Special Agent Starling?
卸任的 史黛琳 探員你在聽我說話 嗎 ?
來自電影對白
4. Why do you think he removes their skins, Agent Starling?
他剝了他們的皮為什么要這樣?史達琳探員?
來自電影對白
5. Clarice Starling : Do right and you'll live through this.