owl
美 [aʊl] 
英 [aʊl]
- n.【动】猫头鹰；〈比喻〉(像猫头鹰一样)机警的人；夜猫子
- v.〈口〉指生活习性像猫头鹰一样
- 网络枭；网上写作实验室(Online Writing Lab)；网络本体语言(Ontology Web Language)
词形变化
复数：owls 过去式：owled 现在分词：owling
英汉双解
1. | 猫头鹰，鸮（传统上认为是智慧的象征）a bird of prey(= a bird that kills other creatures for food) with large round eyes, that hunts at night. Owls are traditionally thought to be wise. |
| An owl hooted nearby. 一只猫头鹰在附近啼叫。 |
英汉解释
n. | 2. 〈比喻〉(像猫头鹰一样)机警的人;夜猫子,指一些与猫头鹰的习性有相同之处的人,他们经常熬夜或是像猫头鹰一样聪明 |
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英英解释
例句
(stops Devil from cursing) Wait a moment, Daddy, he looks pretty handsome, it would be a pity to turn him into an owl.
（拦下魔王欲施咒的手）等一下，老爹，他长得还不错哦。就这样变成猫头鹰太可惜了啊。
The same is true of the owl, who always looks as if he were considering some important question.
猫头鹰也是这样：总让人看起来好像猫头鹰老是在考虑很重要的问题的样子。
Hagrid rolled up the note, gave it to the owl, which clamped it in its beak, went to the door, and threw the owl out into the storm.
海格把纸条卷起来，让那只猫头鹰用嘴叼着，接着走向房门，便把它放飞在暴风雨中。
A hoot owl's mournful cry floated out of the encroaching darkness and Fannie tightened her grip on her mother's hand.
一声猫头鹰的哀鸣从漫涌而来的黑暗中浮出，范妮抓紧了妈妈的手。
The owl was asleep or else faking; she was angry with Harry about the limited amount of time she was allowed out of her cage at the moment.
海德薇睡得很熟——或者说是装作睡得很熟，她还在生气哈利限制她飞出笼子的时间。
"The next day it was devastation. Every tree down, every stoplight down. I walked out onto campus and found a dead owl, " he said.
“第二天，飓风破坏性极大。每棵树都倒了下来，每个红绿灯都躺在地上。我走出了寝室就进了校园，就发现一只猫头鹰死了，”他说。
Who'll dig his grave? I, said the Owl, With my pick and shovel, I'll dig his grave.
谁来挖掘他的坟墓？我，猫头鹰说，用我的锄和锹我来挖掘他的坟墓。
He felt more like laughing at the child's escapade than scolding him, but, solemn as an owl, he got through the necessary reprimand.
那孩子的恶作剧与其说让他责骂，倒不如说让他啼笑皆非，然而，他还是起来进行了必要的惩戒。
the only gesture he had made to the possibility of a journey was to shut his snowy owl , hedwig , safely in her cage.
他对这次旅行唯一做好的准备，就是把他那只白猫头鹰海德薇好好地关在了笼子里。
presents: To Harry from Hagrid: a roughly cut wooden flute that sounded a bit like an owl. Hagrid had whittled it, himself.
礼物：海格送给哈利的礼物：一只做工很粗糙的木笛，吹起来的声音有点像猫头鹰叫。海格自己动手做的。
When workers carefully and reverently took it out of the box, the eagle owl constantly thumped its wings.
工作人员小心翼翼地将其从箱子里拿出来时，雕枭不停地扑腾着翅膀。
One night, a huge storm woke bluebird. The wind blew hard. Bluebird fell from her branch. Owl sped to grab her.
一天晚上，一场暴风雨惊醒了知更鸟，风很大，知更鸟从树枝上掉了下来。猫头鹰快速的去抓住了她。
Finally, Owl was given a stocking the color of the sky-in which, Pooh thought, he would like to fly if he were Owl.
最后，维尼把一只天蓝色的袜子送给了猫头鹰，要是我是只猫头鹰，可以飞，该多好呀！
But for me, switching from being a night owl to an early riser (and yes, it is possible) has been a godsend .
不过对我来说，从一个夜猫子变成一个早起的人（这是完全可能的）简直是天赐的。
If you were meant to fly in the dark, you'd have the eyes of an owl! You'd have charts for brains!
如果要你在黑夜飞行，你就该长一双猫头鹰的眼睛！你就该有航海图一样的头脑！
It is the first time in Australia that GPS transmitters have been used to monitor the movements of any owl species.
这是澳大利亚首次利用全球定位系统传递器监视猫头鹰。
They dined in a small Chinese restaurant there, which had a cage near the window containing a live owl.
他们去当地的一家小中餐馆吃饭。餐馆窗户旁有个笼子，里面关着一只活猫头鹰。
I, said the Owl, With my pick and shovel, I'll dig his grave.
猫头鹰说，是我，用我的凿子铲子，我会来挖坟墓。
He looked up and saw a hunting owl had just snatched a little bird, a titmouse, out of the air.
他抬头一看，见一只是猫头鹰刚刚在空中抓住了一只是山雀。
It possessed the body of a fish and the head of an owl, complete with massive eyes and a wedge-shaped beak.
它拥有鱼的身体、猫头鹰的头、巨大的眼和楔状的嘴。
I'm young in war, but not so young as to stand on an open beach to be shot down like an owl, by daylight.
我打仗没经验，可还没嫩到象只夜猫子，大白天站在光秃秃的湖滩地上，让人用枪打死。
Don't be such a silly owl.
别做那种傻事。
A great owl, with yellow sulphurous eyes, called to him by his name, but he made it no answer.
一只长着黄色硫磺的巨大眼睛的猫头鹰，呼唤着他的名字，但他没有应答。
Who'll dig his grave? "I, " said the owl.
谁来挖坟墓？是我，猫头鹰说。
The owl had stopped hooting and there was no reply from its mate over in the distant hills.
猫头鹰停止了呼叫，远处的群山中也没有它的伙伴的回应。
I'm young in war, but not so young as to stand on an open beach to be shot down like an owl, by daylight.
我打仗没经验，可还没嫩到象只夜猫子，大白天站在光秃秃的湖滩地上，让人用枪打死。
The distribution of eyes, face plate and the ear tufts to the head of the Birds and cats are very similar, it is commonly known as the owl.
双目的分布，面盘和耳羽使本目鸟类的头部与猫极其相似，故俗称猫头鹰。
Pa turned on his big flashlight and caught the owl just as it was landing on a branch.
爸爸开亮了他的大手电筒，正好照在那只刚要停落在树枝上的猫头鹰。
then they waited in silence for what seemed a long time . the hooting of a distant owl was all the sound that troubled the dead stillness.
他们静静地等了似乎很长一段时间，除了远处猫头鹰的叫声外，周围是一片死寂。
As Gatsby closed the door of "the Merton College Library. " I could have sworn I heard the owl-eyed man break into ghostly laughter.
当盖茨比关上“默顿学院图书室”的门时，我可以发誓我听到了那个戴猫头鹰眼镜的人突然发出了鬼似的笑声。
Holding her mother tightly, Anna watched from the doorway as the angry owl flapped off into the dawn.
看到门口愤怒的猫头鹰拍着翅膀飞向黎明的天幕，安娜紧紧的抱住妈妈。
In general, the owl is spotted in the night, if people experience such a situation during the day, it was even more unlucky.
一般来说，猫头鹰是在夜间出没的，如果人们在白天遇到上述情况，那就更加不吉利了。
"Who? " "The owl Mum and Dad bought Percy when he was made prefect, " said Fred from the front.
“谁？”“珀西当上了级长后，爸爸妈妈给他买的那只猫头鹰。”坐在前面的弗雷德说。
With an owl scream in the dark, feudalism paid its last tribute to China's despot.
这是封建主义向中国的专制寡头最后告别时发出的半夜里猫头鹰一样的凄厉叫声。
James had reappeared; he had divested himself of his trunk, owl, and trolley, and was evidently bursting with news.
詹姆又回来了，他已经放下了他的箱子、猫头鹰和手推车，看起来似乎带来了什么爆炸新闻。
The Owl looked up to the stars above, and sang with a small guitar.
猫头鹰尊敬上面的明星，并且用一把小的吉他唱歌。
The only noise I heard last night was an owl screeching at about two o'clock in the morning.
昨晚我听到的唯一的噪音是大约清晨两点钟一只猫头鹰尖叫了几声。
A large North American owl (Strix varia) having barred, brownish plumage across the breast, a streaked belly, and a strident, hooting cry.
一种北美洲大鸮枭（横斑林鸮鹀林鸮属），胸部有褐色的条纹羽毛，腹部有条纹，叫声刺耳似汽笛。
I sit with my eye on Mr. Creakle, blinking at him like a young owl .
我坐在那看着克里克先生，好象一个小夜猫子一样，冲着他直眨巴眼儿。
I pressed the shutter as the owl rose over my head, taking on the shape, for a moment, of the bird that sits atop a totem pole.
当这只猫头鹰飞过我头顶时，我按下了快门，拍下了它，它的形态就像图腾柱顶部的鸟一样。
Long on charisma, short on habitat, the great gray owl was once so feared as an evil omen that it was shot on sight.
由于长期受传说的影响，大灰猫头鹰曾被认为是不祥之兆，一旦被发现就遭到射杀。
Owl has long been associated with seeing into the dark, or in other terms "night vision" .
长期以来，猫头鹰被与“能看进黑暗中”联系起来，或以其他的术语来说是“夜间视觉”。
