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owl·ish /ˈaʊlɪʃ/ adjective EXPRESSION ON somebody'S FACElooking like an owl and seeming serious and clever 像猫头鹰的；看上去严肃而聪明的 He was an owlish man, with little round glasses. 他戴着小小的圆眼镜，一副严肃而睿智的样子。 —owlishly adverbExamples from the Corpusowlish• Thomas is five or six years younger than his brother, knocking seventy; he's tall, lean and a bit owlish.• He opened an owlish eye and barked unconvincingly at us before yawning and going back to sleep.• a friendly fellow with owlish looksowl·ish adjectiveChineseSyllable an like and looking serious owl Corpus seeming and clever |