"sea eagle," from Old English earn "eagle," from Proto-Germanic *aron-, *arnuz "eagle" (cognates: Old High German arn, German Aar, Middle Dutch arent, Old Norse örn, Gothic ara "eagle"), from PIE root *or- "great bird" (cognates: Greek ornis "bird," Old Church Slavonic orilu, Lithuanian erelis, Welsh eryr "eagle"). The Germanic word also survives in the first element of names such as Arnold and Arthur.
双语例句
1. Boycott was the estate agent of the Earl of Erne in County Mayo, Ireland.
