owl英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

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.

— A group of owls is called a parliament.
A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active. broadly
An owl pigeon.
A politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish. uncommon
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, especially in the genus Caligo, having large eyespots on the wings.

动词 v.

To smuggle contraband goods. archaic,intransitive

词形变化

owls plural owls present,singular,third-person owling participle,present owled participle,past owled past

词汇关系

衍生词

Acadian owl as wise as an owl bare-legged owl barn owl barred owl bay owl blind as an owl boobook owl boreal owl brown owl buffy fish owl burrowing owl burrow owl Cosmic Owl disc owl disk owl drunk as a boiled owl drunk as an owl eagle owl eagle-owl elf owl Eurasian eagle owl Eurasian pygmy owl Eurasian scops owl fernowl fishing owl fish owl flammulated owl gnome owl great grey owl great horned owl hawk owl hawk-owl hoot owl hoot owl shift hoot owl trail horned owl hornowl ivy owl jar-owl Lapland owl laughing owl little owl long eared owl long-eared owl monkey-faced owl mottled owl night owl night-owl northern hawk owl owlbear owl bus owl-butterfly owl butterfly owl clover owldom owler owlery owlet owl-eyed owl-faced monkey owlfish owlfly owlful Owlglass owl hoot owl hoot trail owling owlish owlishly owlishness owlism owl jug owlless owl-light owl light owllike owl-like owl monkey owl moth owl-moth owl parrot owl pigeon owl-swallow owl train owly Pel's fishing owl powerful owl pygmy owl rain owl red owl Richardson's owl rufous owl saw-whet owl scops owl scops-owl screech owl screech-owl sea-owl sea owl shivering owl short-eared owl shriek owl silver owl snowy owl Soumagne's owl spectral owl spotted eagle-owl spotted owl squinch owl striped owl stuffed owl superb owl tawny owl Tengmalm's owl Ural owl wereowl western barn owl white owl wise as an owl wood owl

词源

词源 1

From Middle English howle, oul, oule, owle, owlle, from Old English ūle, from Proto-West Germanic *uwwilā, from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (“owl”), diminutive of *uwwǭ (“eagle-owl”), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *up- (“to cry out”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots oul (“owl”), Saterland Frisian Ule (“owl”), West Frisian ûle (“owl”), Cimbrian aul (“owl”), Dutch uil (“owl”), German Eule (“owl”), Low German Uul (“owl”), Luxembourgish Eil (“owl”), Vilamovian aojł (“own”), Yiddish אײַל (ayl, “owl”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ugle (“owl”), Faroese ugla (“owl”), Icelandic uggla, ugla (“owl”), Norwegian Nynorsk ugla, ule (“owl”), Swedish uggla, uv (“owl”); also Bulgarian вопъл (vopǎl, “cry, howl, scream”), въпия (vǎpija, “to weep, yell”), Czech úpět (“to howl, wail”), Russian вопи́ть (vopítʹ, “to howl, scream, yell”), вопия́ть (vopijátʹ, “to appeal; to scream, yell; to lament, wail”), вопль (voplʹ, “cry, scream, wail”), Serbo-Croatian ва̀пити, vàpiti (“to cry out; to scream”), Slovene vpíti (“to scream, yell”).

词源 2

From Middle English howle, oul, oule, owle, owlle, from Old English ūle, from Proto-West Germanic *uwwilā, from Proto-Germanic *uwwalǭ (“owl”), diminutive of *uwwǭ (“eagle-owl”), of imitative origin or a variant of *ūfaz, *ūfǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *up- (“to cry out”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots oul (“owl”), Saterland Frisian Ule (“owl”), West Frisian ûle (“owl”), Cimbrian aul (“owl”), Dutch uil (“owl”), German Eule (“owl”), Low German Uul (“owl”), Luxembourgish Eil (“owl”), Vilamovian aojł (“own”), Yiddish אײַל (ayl, “owl”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål ugle (“owl”), Faroese ugla (“owl”), Icelandic uggla, ugla (“owl”), Norwegian Nynorsk ugla, ule (“owl”), Swedish uggla, uv (“owl”); also Bulgarian вопъл (vopǎl, “cry, howl, scream”), въпия (vǎpija, “to weep, yell”), Czech úpět (“to howl, wail”), Russian вопи́ть (vopítʹ, “to howl, scream, yell”), вопия́ть (vopijátʹ, “to appeal; to scream, yell; to lament, wail”), вопль (voplʹ, “cry, scream, wail”), Serbo-Croatian ва̀пити, vàpiti (“to cry out; to scream”), Slovene vpíti (“to scream, yell”).