night owl

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈnaɪt aʊl/    美 /ˈnaɪt ˌaʊl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An owl (order Strigiformes) that is nocturnal. literally
    — Their Weapons like to Lightning, came and went: / Our Souldiers like the Night-Owles lazie flight, / Or like a lazie Threſher with a Flaile, / Fell gently downe, as if they ſtrucke their Friends.
  2. One who goes to bed late, or stays up late at night or in the early hours of the morning. idiomatic
    — "You are one night owl, Monsieur Reetchie," he said. / "And you seem to prefer the small hours for your visits, Monsieur de St. Gré," I could not refrain from replying.
  3. A musical instrument which imitates an owl's hoot, consisting of a receptacle partly filled with water and a mouthpiece that is blown into.
    — The night-owl,—a mug-shaped instrument, with an orifice in its side, through which a whistle is inserted,—when used, is partly filled with water, to give the tremulous owl-hoot sound.

词形变化

night owls plural night-owl alternative

词源

From night + owl, from the fact that the bird is active at night.
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