small, strong European falcon, early 14c., from Anglo-French merilun, a shortened form of Old French esmerillon "merlin, small hawk" (12c., Modern French émerillon), from Frankish *smiril or some other Germanic source (compare Old High German smerlo, German Schmerl "merlin"). Spanish esmerejon, Italian smeriglio also are Germanic loan-words.
Merlin
sorcerer and soothsayer in Arthurian legends, from Old French form of Welsh Myrddhin, probably from Old Celtic *Mori-dunon, literally "of the sea-hill," from *mori "sea" (see mere (n.)) + dunom "hill" (see dune).
实用例句
1. At Merlin's instigation, Arthur founds the Fellowship of the Round Table.
在梅林的建议下，亚瑟王创建了圆桌骑士团。
来自柯林斯例句
2. She was already a keen and experienced sailor, having crewed in both Merlin and Grayling.
在“默林”号和“格雷林”号上工作过以后，她已经是一名头脑敏捷、经验丰富的水手了。
来自柯林斯例句
3. King Arthur hid his treasures here and Merlin enchanted the cave so that nobody should ever find them.
亚瑟王将他的财宝藏在这里，墨林对洞穴施了魔法，这样永远不会有人找到那些财宝。
来自柯林斯例句
4. I'm Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.'
我是罗克沃尔.斯林格,这位是默林.格里夫斯. ”
来自新概念英语第二册
5. Older legends say that Merlin raised the stones by magic.