喜樂美語
  1. 1nA2/aʊl/貓頭鷹

    A bird with a wide flat face and very large eyes that both look forward. It has soft wings that make almost no sound, and it sleeps in the day and hunts small animals at night.

    示範例句 · Example

    A barn owl sat on the fence, turning its head to watch the field.

    逐字一隻倉鴞坐在那道圍籬上，轉著牠的頭去看那片田。

    owl 就是貓頭鷹：一張又寬又平的臉，兩隻大眼睛都朝著正前方，白天睡覺、晚上出來找東西吃。牠身上的每個特徵可以想成都是為了「晚上」長出來的——大眼睛在很暗的地方也看得見，翅膀很軟所以飛起來幾乎沒有聲音，寬寬的臉就像一個把聲音收進來的盤子。英文裡跟人有關的說法也是從這隻「別人睡了牠還醒著」的鳥長出來的，像 a night owl（夜貓子）。它是可數名詞，所以說 an owl、two owls；注意前面用 an，因為 owl 的開頭是母音。

    常見搭配

    • a barn owl

      倉鴞（穀倉貓頭鷹）

      a common pale owl with a wide white heart-shaped face

      A barn owl often nests in an old building or a hollow tree.

    • a snowy owl

      雪鴞（白色的貓頭鷹）

      a large white owl that lives in very cold places

      The snowy owl is white all over, so it is hard to see in the snow.

    • a tawny owl

      灰林鴞（棕色的貓頭鷹）

      a brown owl, the one that makes the classic hooting call

      The tawny owl is the one you hear calling in the woods at night.

    • a great horned owl

      大鵰鴞（頭上有兩撮羽毛的大貓頭鷹）

      a big owl with two tufts of feathers that look like ears

      A great horned owl has two tufts of feathers on top of its head.

    • an owl hoots

      貓頭鷹叫（發出咕咕聲）

      an owl makes its low 'hoo-hoo' call

      An owl hooted somewhere behind the house.

    用法接近

    hawkeaglefalconkestrelbird of preyowlet

core核心畫面

You can picture a bird built for the dark: a wide flat face like a dish, two huge eyes set side by side at the front instead of on the sides, and wings whose edges are so soft that it comes down on a mouse without a sound. It sits still through the day and does its hunting after the light goes.

可以想成一隻專為黑夜長出來的鳥：臉又寬又平，像一個小碟子把聲音收進來；兩隻大眼睛不是長在頭的兩側，而是並排朝前，所以牠看你的時候是整顆頭轉過來。翅膀邊緣柔軟到飛行幾乎不出聲，等於是無聲地落在獵物上面。白天牠幾乎不動，天黑了才開始工作。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

複數 owls

用法接近

hawkeaglefalconkestrelbird of preyowlet

原始詞典資料9 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Owlnoun

  • 1

    slangball-gamesgameshobbiesA player or fan of Sheffield Wednesday Football Club.

owlnoun/aʊ(ə)l/

  • 1

    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.
  • 2

    A person seen as having owl-like characteristics, especially appearing wise or serious, or being nocturnally active.

  • 3

    An owl pigeon.

  • 4

    governmentpoliticsA politician with moderate views that are neither hawkish nor dovish.

  • 5

    Any of various nymphalid butterflies, especially in the genus Caligo, having large eyespots on the wings.

owlverb/aʊ(ə)l/

  • 1

    archaicTo smuggle contraband goods.

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