owl

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  • n.猫头鹰;鸮(传统上认为是智慧的象征)

复数: owls

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noun

猫头鹰,鸮(传统上认为是智慧的象征)
a bird of prey (= a bird that kills other creatures for food) with large round eyes, that hunts at night. Owls are traditionally thought to be wise.

An owl hooted nearby.

一只猫头鹰在附近啼叫。

see also tawny owl

owl

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    N-COUNT 猫头鹰;鸮
    An owl is a bird with a flat face, large eyes, and a small sharp beak. Most owls obtain their food by hunting small animals at night.

    See also:night owl

noun

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nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
Synonym: bird of Minerva bird of night hooter

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  1. The various types of owl are easily confusable with one another .

    各种猫头鹰之间很容易弄混。

  2. The owl seems to have deserted its nest .

    这只猫头鹰似乎不要这个窝了。

  3. Owls usually swallow their prey whole .

    猫头鹰通常把猎物囫囵吞下。

  4. An owl hooted nearby .

    一只猫头鹰在附近啼叫。

  5. The owl is sacred for many Californian Indian people .

    对于很多加利福尼亚的印第安人而言,猫头鹰是圣物。

  6. The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity

    大多数仓鸮都是笼养的。

  7. The late-night parties make the hotel a haven for night owls and a hell for anyone with children .

    那些深夜派对把酒店变成了夜猫子的乐园,对于带着孩子的人们则成了地狱。

  8. Out in the garden an owl hooted suddenly .

    外面的花园里突然有一只猫头鹰呜呜地叫起来。

  9. Her new glasses make her look like an owl .

    她的新眼镜让她看上去像只猫头鹰。

  10. Owls stay in dark places during the day .

    猫头鹰白天躲在暗处。

  11. The owl was hooting .

    猫头鹰在叫。

  12. She had found a young owl on the ground .

    她在地上发现了一只小猫头鹰。

  13. I gave the homeowner a recording of the hunger screams of owl chicks .

    我给房主录下了猫头鹰雏鸟饥饿的尖叫声。

  14. When I arrived , I saw a 2-to 3-week-old owl .

    当我到达时,我看到一只2到3周大的猫头鹰。

  15. The owl said : " I am moving to the east . "

    猫头鹰说:“我想到东方去住。”

  16. The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity .

    大多数仓鸮都是笼养的

  17. An owl swoops from the ridge top , noiseless but as flame .

    蓦地,山脊上一只夜枭飞扑直下,悄无声响而赫然如一道火光。

  18. At last the owl could stand it no longer , but determined7 to rid herself of the pest by means of a trick .

    最后,猫头鹰再也受不了了,决定设计除掉蚂蚱。

  19. No sooner had he got inside the hollow where the owl was sitting than she pounced8 upon him and ate him up .

    一听到有琼浆玉液,嘴巴里就开始流口水了,所以,他很高兴地接受了邀请,待他刚一飞上去,猫头鹰就从树洞中冲出来,扑过去抓住蚂蚱,吃掉了他。

  20. The owl preys on mice .

    猫头鹰捕食老鼠

  21. The owl felt rather angry at the words of the turtledove , but it still asked in surprise : " Can you forecast the future ? "

    猫头鹰觉得斑坞的话太气人,便惊奇地问:“你能未卜先知?”

  22. In order to protect his food , the owl shouted angrily at the Wan Zhou , " Hei ! Go away , no way to share this with me . "

    为了保住自己的食物,猫头鹰冲着鹓鶵愤怒地叫道:“吓!离我远点,这东西没你的份。”

  23. The owl said : " The people in the west all say my cry is unpleasant and dislike me I cannot stay there any longer . I must move to a new place . "

    猫头鹰说:“西边的人,都说我叫的声音很难听,都讨厌我。在那儿我住不下去了,非换个地方不可!”

  24. It happened that a turtledove was also resting there . Hearing the panting of the owl , it asked : " Where are you going in such a hurry ? "

    一只斑鸿恰巧也在那里休息,听见猫头鹰呼味呼味地喘气,就对猫头鹰说:“你这样急急忙忙地赶路,去哪儿呀?”

  25. Implementation of enterprise web knowledge management system based on OWL

    基于OWL的企业网络知识管理系统实现

  26. Research and Application of Semantic Retrieval Systems Based on OWL

    基于OWL的语义检索系统的研究与应用

  27. Study and Application of Knowledge Representation in the Semantic Web Based on OWL

    基于OWL的语义Web知识表示研究及其应用

  28. Used one for the owl and you just fired the last one !

    你把最后一枪打掉了!

  29. The Networking Manufacturing Resources Modeling and Application Based on OWL and Web Service

    基于OWL的网络化制造资源建模与应用研究

  30. Research on Mapping OWL Ontology to Software Code Model

    OWL本体到软件代码模型映射的研究