owl

1 He was an old man with a long grey beard and brass spectacles large as an owl’s eyes over his nose, and he wore a dirty grey robe whose long sleeves covered his hands altogether.

2 Some people are night owls; some are early birds.

一些人是夜猫子; 一些人则是早起的鸟儿.

3 Hawks and owls have been found in convulsions — great horned owls, screech owls, red-shouldered hawks, sparrow hawks, marsh hawks.

4 Frog songs and owl calls hang like a sound blanket over this lowland.

5 Pantalaimon’s owl cry the night before had frightened every small creature that heard it, but it was nothing to the passionate wail that Lyra uttered now.

6 Owls have nocturnal habits.

猫头鹰具有夜行性.

7 The tiny owl, now hooting happily in his hand, had nibbled one of his fingers in what it seemed to think was an affectionate way.

8 “Normal for us,” said Harry, and before his uncle could stop him, he added, “you know, owl post. That’s what’s normal for wizards.”

9 They set off for home, but they got lost; and then they had trouble with an owl and became confused over their direction.

10 Nightjars, cousins to the owl, called from their sandy perches on the earth.

11 We can learn a lesson from that owl today.

我们从猫头鹰身上可以得到一个启示.

12 “I told you not to call Lorraine a screech owl!”

13 Thrown off balance, Frightful fanned her flight feathers, regained her equilibrium, and went after the owl.

14 Okay, I know we’re just talking about a few puny little owls, and I know everybody is crazy about Mother Paula’s pancakes, but what’s happening out there is just plain wrong.

15 A place for eagles and owls, falcons and kestrels, hawks and vultures, ospreys and buzzards, too.

16 Owl has two gifts for our human audience today.

今天猫头鹰为我们的人类听众带来了两份礼物.

17 Then the owl came out to hunt, and foxes, weasels and strange wild cats stalked among the tree trunks.

18 Every owl he sends I can feel your absence.

19 Rolls of parchment littered that part of his desk that was not taken up by the large, empty cage in which his snowy owl, Hedwig, usually perched.

20 A ceiling protected the mews from rain and snow, but more importantly from the wild hawks and owls for whom anything that moves is fair game.

1 走私

run smuggling contraband smuggle

2 严肃的人

sobersides

3 猫头鹰

howlet the bird of night owlish barn owl owlet hooter

4 愚人

simple stupid fool ass pigeon boob gaby ninny dullard nincompoop bete tomfool Gothamite chinless wonder an ass

5 枭

mopoke the bird of night howlet hornedowl

6 夜猫子

nighthawk night owl

7 熬夜的人

nighthawk night owl