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owlish

/ou-lish/US // ˈaʊ lɪʃ //UK // (ˈaʊlɪʃ) //

嗷嗷待哺,嗷嗷叫,嗷嗷叫的,枭雄式的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : resembling or characteristic of an owl: His thick glasses give him an owlish appearance.

Examples

  • Here we see the well-known face, a bearded mask housing a pair of glowing, owlish eyes, the hair and forehead flecked with blood.

  • In his haste to flee, he had dropped his owlish horn rims, his wallet, and false teeth.

  • Shambling along in oversized suits, his eyes penetrating behind owlish specs, Dunne is now 82.

  • Her head wore a close hood, disclosing a fringe of grey locks, owlish to see about features hooked for action.

  • His owlish German face screwed up in an expression of pain as the rolling of the ship racked his injured body.

  • "Don't be owlish, Evert; one is even more apt to step into them on a ground-floor," replied the aunt.

  • A beard, a pair of round owlish spectacles, and two ridiculous ear-muffs, left only a suggestion of face here and there.

  • Now for the frightful face with mouse's ears, winking owlish eyes streaming with fiendish fire!