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n. 猫头鹰 [法] 走私

发音

US /aʊ(ə)l/

词形变化

owlet owls 复数 owls owled owls 三单 owling 现在分词 owled 过去式 owled 过去分词

别名

oule

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    Any of various birds of prey of the order Strigiformes, families Strigidae and Tytonidae, that are primarily nocturnal and have forward-looking, binocular vision, limited eye movement, and good hearing.

    猫头鹰

    鸮

    鸱鸮

    鸺鹠

    夜猫子

    角鸱

    枭鸟

    鸱鸺

    猫王鸟

    猫头鸟

    暗光鸟

    鸪黄

    暗晏鸟

    鹪鹠

    公黄

    姑嫂鸟

    猫头姑

  2. 2.

    A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.

    引申义
  3. 3.

    An owl pigeon.

  4. 4.

    A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.

    政治
  5. 5.

    Any of various nymphalid butterflies, especially in the genus Caligo, having large eyespots on the wings.

v.
  1. 1.

    To smuggle contraband goods.

    古体 不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

hooter

上位词 2

raptor bird of prey

下位词 10

screech owl barn owl barred owl great grey owl hawk owl hoot owl horned owl laughing jackass laughing owl little owl

相关短语

night owl n. 猫头鹰, 熬夜的人, 深夜不睡的人 owl parrot owl parrots owl light n. 薄暮, 黄昏 owl train owl trains owl monkey [医]枭猴 owl monkeys owl hoot trail owl hoot trails owl hoot owl hoots owl butterfly owl butterflies owl bus

词源

From Middle English oule, owle, from Old English ūle, from Proto-West Germanic *uwwilā, from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (compare West Frisian ûle, Dutch uil, Danish and Norwegian ugle, German Eule), diminutive of *uwwǭ (“eagle-owl”) (compare German Uhu), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ (compare Old English ūf or hūf, Swedish uv (“horned owl”), Bavarian Auf), from Proto-Indo-European *up- (compare Latvian ũpis (“eagle-owl”), Czech úpět (“to wail, howl”), Avestan 𐬎𐬟𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬨𐬌 (ufiieimi, “to call out”). A Germanic variant *uwwilǭ was the source of Old High German ūwila (German Eule).

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