a young hawk, especially (in falconry) an unfledged nestling taken from the nest for training
(尤指供猎鹰训练用的)雏鹰。
词源
late 15th cent. (originally nyas ): from French niais, based on Latin nidus 'nest'. The initial n was lost by wrong division of a nyas; compare with ADDER1, APRON, and UMPIRE.