A falcon is a hunting bird. It kills and eats other animals — often smaller birds — and people have trained falcons to hunt for a very long time. Falcons have sharp wings and are famous for diving from high in the sky.

A falcon is a hunting birdfalcon是一種獵鳥。It kills and eats other animals牠會獵殺並吃掉其他動物——often smaller birds通常是比較小的鳥——and people have trained falcons to hunt for a very long time而且人們訓練falcon狩獵已經很久了。Falcons have sharp wingsFalcon有尖銳的翅膀，and are famous for diving from high in the sky而且以從高空俯衝聞名。

Though actually, English speakers sometimes call any fierce hunting bird a falcon, but bird people keep falcons and hawks apart: they are cousins, not the same bird. The peregrine falcon is the one many students see in photos, even in cities.

Though actually不過其實，English speakers sometimes call any fierce hunting bird a falcon說英語的人有時候會把任何凶猛的獵鳥都叫做falcon，but bird people keep falcons and hawks apart但研究鳥類的人會把falcon和hawk分開來看：they are cousins, not the same bird牠們是近親，不是同一種鳥。The peregrine falcon is the one many students see in photos遊隼是很多學生會在照片裡看到的那種falcon，even in cities就算是在城市裡也一樣。

The word is ordinary in nature talk and also shows up in names and sports teams. There is an old verb to falcon, meaning to hunt with these birds, but you will almost never need it.

The word is ordinary in nature talk這個字在談自然的話題裡很常見，and also shows up in names and sports teams也會出現在名字和運動隊伍名稱裡。There is an old verb to falcon有一個老式的動詞to falcon，meaning to hunt with these birds意思是用這種鳥去打獵，but you will almost never need it但你幾乎用不到它。