owl n. 1.【鸟类】猫头鹰,鸱鸺,枭。 2.做夜工的人,熬夜的人;夜游子;夜生活者。 3.一本正经的呆子。 4.〔美国〕深夜行驶的电车[火车等]。 5.〔美国〕猫头鹰派〔认为核战争会因误会或估计错误而发生〕。 Don't be such a silly owl. 别做那种傻事。 as blind [stupid] as an owl 瞎[笨]透。 as drunk as a boiled owl 〔美俚〕喝得烂醉。 bring [carry, send] owls to Athens 运枭至产枭极多的雅典;作徒劳无益的事,多此一举〔雅典盛产枭,枭为雅典守护神 Pallas 的标志〕。 fly with the owls 夜游。 hotter than a boiled owl 〔美俚〕醉得兴奋起来的。 take owl 发怒,生气。 vi. 1.〔方言〕像猫头鹰般地叫[凝视]。 2.(夜间)走私。
The only gesture he had made to the possibility of a journey was to shut his snowy owl , hedwig , safely in her cage 他对这次旅行唯一做好的准备,就是把他那只白猫头鹰海德薇好好地关在了笼子里。
Wings outstretched , talons flared , and ears tuned to the faintest scrabblings of a rodent hidden under winter ' s white carpet , a snowy owl in quebec province , canada , prepares to pounce 展翅、亮爪,耳朵搜寻着冬日白茫下啮齿类动物哪怕是最轻微的动静。加拿大魁北克省的一只雪猫头鹰准备捕猎。
These are the signs of the coming arctic winter : the color of the tundra changes as the water grasses turn brilliant red . the migratory birds gather in flocks along the coast and gradually drift southward . most of the birds that have spent the brief summer on the tundra now disappear , leaving only the golden eagle , the gyrfalcon , the ptarmigan , and the snowy owl to brave the sunless northern winter 这些都是北极地区冬季即将来临的征候:随着水草变成艳红色,北极苔原的颜色也改变了候鸟沿着海岸成群聚集,并逐渐南移在苔原度过短暂夏天的大部分鸟类现已消失,只剩下金鹰白隼松鸡和雪白色的猫头鹰来迎接这没有太阳的北极之冬。
百科解释
Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.