单词 | owlish |
释义 | owl /owl/noun
To behave like an owl transitive verb (historical)To smuggle (esp wool or sheep from England to France) ORIGIN: OE ūle; Ger Eule, L ulula; imit owlˈer noun (obsolete) A smuggler (esp of wool or sheep) owlˈery noun
owlˈet noun
owlˈish adjective
owlˈishly adverb owlˈishness noun owlˈ-like adjective owlˈy adjective Owlish owlˈ-car noun (old US) A night tram-car owlˈ-eyed adjective Having blinking eyes like an owl Owlˈ-glass, Owleˈ-glass, Howleˈglass or Owlˈspiegle noun Tyll Eulenspiegel, a mischievous clown hero of a folk tale popular in Germany from the 16c or earlier owlˈ-light noun (poetic) Dusk, twilight owlˈ-moth noun A gigantic S American moth of the Noctuidae owlˈ-parrˈot noun The kakapo owlˈ-train noun (old US) A night train |
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