owling

英汉释义

• n.

  1.【动】猫头鹰

  2.〈比喻〉(像猫头鹰一样)机警的人;夜猫子,指一些与猫头鹰的习性有相同之处的人,他们经常熬夜或是像猫头鹰一样聪明

• v.

  1.〈口〉指生活习性像猫头鹰一样

英英释义

• n.

  1.[Animal]a large bird with a big head and eyes and a small sharp beak. owls hunt small animals at night and make a sound called hooting

  2.<figurative>somebody whose habits or qualities resemble those attributed to owls, e.g. wisdom, solemnity, or staying up late

• v.

  1.<spoken>behave like an owl, mainly used in American English

英汉例句

• 1.But I never called out. If you go owling you have to be quiet, that's what Pa always says.

  但是我没喊累，出去看猫头鹰就得保持安静，爸爸就是这么说的。

• 2.It was late one winter night, long past my bedtime, when Pa and I went owling.

  在一个冬天的晚上，我跟爸爸出去看猫头鹰，那时候已经三更半夜了，我们一直都没睡觉。

• 3.I have been waiting to go owling with Pa for a long, long time.

  我盼望跟着爸爸一起去看猫头鹰，已经盼望好久好久了。