owly

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Resembling or characteristic of an owl.
    — In the picture Miss Elizabeth showed me the croc had little piggy eyes, not huge owly ones.
  2. In a bad mood; cranky. Atlantic-Canada
    — I had no right to be owly and disagreeable with Willie.
  3. Seeing poorly.
    — Perhaps nice isn't the best word for him, but he certainly was an unusually imposing and fluffy-haired and fierce-looking brute of a tarantula. He had rather an owly way about him, as if he had come out from his hole too early and was dazed and half-blinded by the light.
  4. Silly. Atlantic-Canada

词形变化

owlier comparative owliest superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
owliness owly-eyed

词源

From owl + -y.
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