“owlery”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

owlery

释义

owlery|ˈaʊlərɪ|
[f. owl n. + -ery.]
1. A place where owls are kept; an abode or haunt of owls.
1817Sporting Mag. I. 9 The Owlery at Arundel Castle.1850Carlyle Latter-d. Pamph. iii. (1872) 93 England..sunk now to a dim owlery.1866Morn. Star 31 Dec., Others made a dart at the owlery, and saved some of its occupants [from the fire].
2. The quality or characteristic of an owl; owlishness. (Cf. tomfoolery.)
1831Carlyle Sart. Res. iii. iii, Perhaps too of all the owleries that ever possessed him [man], the most owlish..is that of your actually-existing Motive-Millwrights.1865― Fredk. Gt. xvi. i. (1872) VI. 133 The multiplied forms of stupidity, cupidity and human owlery.

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