猫头鹰英文：owl

读音：英 [aʊl] 　 　 美 [aʊl] 　 　

语法：直接源自古英语的ule，意为猫头鹰。

词汇搭配：

bring〔carry, send〕 owl to 运猫头鹰到…

as drunk as a boiled owl 烂醉如泥

night owl 深夜不归的人，夜游神

例句：The owl swooped down on the mouse.那只猫头鹰向着老鼠猛扑下来。

扩展资料：

1、近义词：hooter

释义：n. 汽笛；警笛；呼喊的人

例句：The hooter went for the workers to stop work.工人下班的汽笛响。

2、近义词：bird of night

释义：枭

例句：A being who could have hovered over Paris that night with the wing of the bat or the owl would have had beneath his eyes a gloomy spectacle.这时如果有人长着蝙蝠或枭鸟的翅膀在巴黎上空飞翔，他便会看到呈现在他眼底的是一片凄凉景象。