英语词汇“laughing owl”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

laughing owl n. (a) U.S. regional any of several North American owls, as the barred owl, Strix varia, or a screech owl (genus Megascops); (b) an extinct owl of New Zealand, Sceloglaux albifacies, with a pale face, brown-streaked plumage, and a call likened to shrieking laughter, thought to have been exterminated in the mid 20th cent. (also called whekau); (c) Australian either of two nightjars, the white-throated nightjar, Eurostopodus mystacalis, and the spotted nightjar, E. argus.

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1848 Southern Literary Messenger Sept. 531/1 The free open shout of the large laughing owl, so abundant in South Florida,..fell upon the ear at short intervals.

1871 F. W. Hutton Catal. Birds N.Z. 2 Athene albifacies... Laughing Owl. Laughing Jackass. Wekau.

1929 A. H. Chisholm Birds & Green Places 157 A ‘laughing owl’, the white-throated nightjar of ornithology.

1964 M. Sharland Territory of Birds 199 The curtain of night came down..slow enough to persuade a ‘Laughing Owl’ [sc. a nightjar] to utter its curiously eerie herald to the night.

1985 Reader's Digest Bk. N.Z. Birds 308 The ‘doleful shrieks’ of the laughing owl, which varied seasonally, were heard incessantly on rainy nights.

1986 L. A. Pederson et al. Ling. Atlas Gulf States: Concordance [Arkansas] Hoot owl,..Laughing owl.

单词	laughing owl
释义	> as lemmas laughing owl laughing owl n. (a) U.S. regional any of several North American owls, as the barred owl, Strix varia, or a screech owl (genus Megascops); (b) an extinct owl of New Zealand, Sceloglaux albifacies, with a pale face, brown-streaked plumage, and a call likened to shrieking laughter, thought to have been exterminated in the mid 20th cent. (also called whekau); (c) Australian either of two nightjars, the white-throated nightjar, Eurostopodus mystacalis, and the spotted nightjar, E. argus. ΚΠ 1848 Southern Literary Messenger Sept. 531/1 The free open shout of the large laughing owl, so abundant in South Florida,..fell upon the ear at short intervals. 1871 F. W. Hutton Catal. Birds N.Z. 2 Athene albifacies... Laughing Owl. Laughing Jackass. Wekau. 1929 A. H. Chisholm Birds & Green Places 157 A ‘laughing owl’, the white-throated nightjar of ornithology. 1964 M. Sharland Territory of Birds 199 The curtain of night came down..slow enough to persuade a ‘Laughing Owl’ [sc. a nightjar] to utter its curiously eerie herald to the night. 1985 Reader's Digest Bk. N.Z. Birds 308 The ‘doleful shrieks’ of the laughing owl, which varied seasonally, were heard incessantly on rainy nights. 1986 L. A. Pederson et al. Ling. Atlas Gulf States: Concordance [Arkansas] Hoot owl,..Laughing owl. extracted from laughingadj. < as lemmas
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