| 释义 |
owlish, a.|ˈaʊlɪʃ|
[f. owl n. + -ish1.]
Owl-like; resembling an owl, or that of an owl.
1611Cotgr., Cahuaille, a companie of Owles; an Owlish companie. Rab[elais]. 1613Purchas Pilgrimage 2 Whose owlish eyes are dazled with the brightnesse of this light. a1764Lloyd Poet Poet. Wks. 1774 II. 20 But eminence offends at once The owlish eye of critic dunce. 1880Marg. Lonsdale Sister Dora viii, Her owlish habits of wandering at unearthly hours in all weathers. 1895Zangwill Master iii. ii. 300 The little man with his most owlish air of wisdom.
Hence ˈowlishly adv., in an owlish manner; ˈowlishness, the quality of being owlish.
1888Boston (Mass.) Transcript 7 July 5/5 It is very interesting to see him appearing for once in the guise of the newspaper correspondent, whose ordinary owlishness he so effectively ridicules. 1901C. G. Harper Gt. North Road II. 40 Old gabled houses that..seem to nod owlishly to neighbours just as decrepit across the cobble-stoned path. |