"curved like an eagle's beak," 1640s, originally in English in reference to long, hooked noses, from Latin aquilinus "of or like an eagle," from aquila "eagle," of uncertain origin, usually explained as "the dark bird;" compare aquilus "blackish, of the color of darkness."
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He had a thin aquiline nose and deep-set brown eyes.
他長(zhǎng)著窄長(zhǎng)的鷹鉤鼻和深陷的褐色眼睛。
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. Heyward's aquiline, austere face showed concentration; behind rimless glasses his grey eyes were cool.