owl
/aʊl/noun
1- a nocturnal bird of prey with large eyes, a facial disc, a hooked beak, and typically a loud hooting call鸱鸮, 枭, 猫头鹰。
1.1
- Order Strigiformes: families Strigidae (typical owls such as tawny owls and eagle owls) and Tytonidae (barn owls and their relatives).鸮形目： 鸱鸮科（鸱鸮, 如灰林鸮和雕鸮）以及草鸮科（仓鸮和其他草鸮）。
1.2
- informal a person compared to an owl, especially in being active or wakeful at night〈非正式〉像猫头鹰似的人; 惯于晚上活动的人, 夜猫子。常与
LARK1 相对。
派生词
owl-like
adjective词源
Old English ūle, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch uil and German Eule, from a base imitative of the bird's call.