owl 音标拼音: ['ɑʊl]
n . 猫头鹰
猫头鹰
owl n 1 :
nocturnal bird of prey with hawk -
like beak and claws and large head with front -
facing eyes [
synonym : {
owl }, {
bird of Minerva }, {
bird of night }, {
hooter }]
Owl \
Owl \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Owled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Owling }.]
1 .
To pry about ;
to prowl . [
Prov .
Eng .]
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2 .
To carry wool or sheep out of England . [
Obs .]
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Note :
This was formerly illegal ,
and was done chiefly by night .
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3 .
Hence ,
to carry on any contraband trade . [
Eng .]
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Owl \
Owl \ (
oul ),
n . [
AS . [=
u ]
le ;
akin to D .
uil ,
OHG . [=
u ]
wila ,
G .
eule ,
Icel .
ugla ,
Sw .
ugla ,
Dan .
ugle .]
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1 . (
Zool .)
Any species of raptorial birds of the family {
Strigidae }.
They have large eyes and ears ,
and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye .
They are mostly nocturnal in their habits .
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Note :
Some species have erectile tufts of feathers on the head .
The feathers are soft and somewhat downy .
The species are numerous .
See {
Barn owl }, {
Burrowing owl },
{
Eared owl }, {
Hawk owl }, {
Horned owl }, {
Screech owl },
{
Snowy owl },
under {
Barn }, {
Burrowing },
etc .
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Note :
In the Scriptures the owl is commonly associated with desolation ;
poets and story -
tellers introduce it as a bird of ill omen . . . .
The Greeks and Romans made it the emblem of wisdom ,
and sacred to Minerva , --
and indeed its large head and solemn eyes give it an air of wisdom . --
Am .
Cyc .
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2 . (
Zool .)
A variety of the domestic pigeon .
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{
Owl monkey } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of South American nocturnal monkeys of the genus {
Nyctipithecus }.
They have very large eyes .
Called also {
durukuli }.
{
Owl moth } (
Zool .),
a very large moth ({
Erebus strix }).
The expanse of its wings is over ten inches .
{
Owl parrot } (
Zool .),
the kakapo .
{
Sea owl } (
Zool .),
the lumpfish .
{
Owl train },
a cant name for certain railway trains whose run is in the nighttime .
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63 Moby Thesaurus words for "
owl ":
angry clouds ,
avifauna ,
baby bird ,
bird ,
bird of Jove ,
bird of Juno ,
bird of Minerva ,
bird of night ,
bird of passage ,
bird of prey ,
birdie ,
birdlife ,
birdy ,
black cat ,
black clouds ,
broken mirror ,
cage bird ,
chick ,
cygnet ,
diving bird ,
dove ,
eagle ,
eaglet ,
fish -
eating bird ,
fledgling ,
flightless bird ,
fowl ,
fruit -
eating bird ,
fulmar ,
game bird ,
gathering clouds ,
halcyon bird ,
insect -
eating bird ,
migrant ,
migratory bird ,
nestling ,
oscine bird ,
passerine bird ,
peacock ,
peafowl ,
peahen ,
perching bird ,
pigeon ,
rainbow ,
ratite ,
raven ,
sea bird ,
seed -
eating bird ,
shooting star ,
shore bird ,
songbird ,
squab ,
storm clouds ,
storm petrel ,
stormy petrel ,
swan ,
thundercloud ,
thunderhead ,
wading bird ,
warbler ,
water bird ,
waterfowl ,
wildfowl The original name of {
Trellis }.
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Open Windows Library (
API )
Owl (
1 .)
Heb .
bath -
haya '
anah , "
daughter of greediness "
or of "
shouting ."
In the list of unclean birds (
Lev .
11 :
16 ;
Deut .
14 :
15 );
also mentioned in Job 30 :
29 ;
Isa .
13 :
21 ;
34 :
13 ;
43 :
20 ;
Jer .
50 :
39 ;
Micah 1 :
8 .
In all these passages the Revised Version translates "
ostrich " (
q .
v .),
which is the correct rendering .
(
2 .)
Heb .
yanshuph ,
rendered "
great owl "
in Lev .
11 :
17 ;
Deut .
14 :
16 ,
and "
owl "
in Isa .
34 :
11 .
This is supposed to be the Egyptian eagle -
owl (
Bubo ascalaphus ),
which takes the place of the eagle -
owl (
Bubo maximus )
found in Southern Europe .
It is found frequenting the ruins of Egypt and also of the Holy Land .
"
Its cry is a loud ,
prolonged ,
and very powerful hoot .
I know nothing which more vividly brought to my mind the sense of desolation and loneliness than the re -
echoing hoot of two or three of these great owls as I stood at midnight among the ruined temples of Baalbek " (
Tristram ).
The LXX .
and Vulgate render this word by "
ibis ",
i .
e .,
the Egyptian heron .
(
3 .)
Heb .
kos ,
rendered "
little owl "
in Lev .
11 :
17 ;
Deut .
14 :
16 ,
and "
owl "
in Ps .
102 :
6 .
The Arabs call this bird "
the mother of ruins ."
It is by far the most common of all the owls of Palestine .
It is the Athene persica ,
the bird of Minerva ,
the symbol of ancient Athens .
(
4 .)
Heb .
kippoz ,
the "
great owl " (
Isa .
34 :
15 );
Revised Version , "
arrow -
snake ;"
LXX .
and Vulgate , "
hedgehog ,"
reading in the text ,
kippod ,
instead of kippoz .
There is no reason to doubt the correctness of the rendering of the Authorized Version .
Tristram says : "
The word [
i .
e .,
kippoz ]
is very possibly an imitation of the cry of the scops owl (
Scops giu ),
which is very common among ruins ,
caves ,
and old walls of towns ...
It is a migrant ,
returning to Palestine in spring ."
(
5 .)
Heb .
lilith , "
screech owl " (
Isa .
34 :
14 ,
marg .
and R .
V .,
"
night monster ").
The Hebrew word is from a root signifying "
night ."
Some species of the owl is obviously intended by this word .
It may be the hooting or tawny owl (
Syrnium aluco ),
which is common in Egypt and in many parts of Palestine .
This verse in Isaiah is "
descriptive of utter and perpetual desolation ,
of a land that should be full of ruins ,
and inhabited by the animals that usually make such ruins their abode ."
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