howlet

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An owl; an owlet.
    — Will the night send a howlet or a bat? / I asked: when something on the dismal flat / Came to arrest my thoughts and change their train.

词形变化

howlets plural hewlet alternative houlet alternative

词源

From Middle English howlat, howlott etc, either borrowed from French hulotte or formed from Middle English howle (form of oule) + -et. Compare modern owlet.
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