猫头鹰英语简介

The Strigiformes (Owls) are an order of birds of prey, comprising 200 extant species. Most are solitary, and nocturnal, with some exceptions (e.g. the Burrowing Owl). Owls mostly hunt small mammals, insects, and other birds, though a few species specialize in hunting fish. They are found in all regions of the Earth except Antarctica, most of Greenland, and some remote islands. Though owls are typically solitary, the literary collective noun for a group of owls is a parliament.The living owls are divided into two families, the typical owls, Strigidae, and the barn-owls, Tytonidae

猫头鹰英文读作：owl，音标：[aʊl]。

其意思作名词，猫头鹰；惯于晚上活动的人；夜猫子；（像猫头鹰一样）机警的人。名词复数：owls。owl发音技巧：ow是一个发音组合，读作/aʊ/。在英语里面有ow的单词特别多，比如cow奶牛，now现在，brown棕色，flower 鲜花等等。

猫头鹰是现存鸟类中在全世界分布最广的鸟类之一。除了北极地区以外、世界各地都可以见到猫头鹰的踪影。猫头鹰完全依靠捕捉活的动物为食。

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owl猫头鹰相关短语：

1、night owl：夜猫子（喜欢熬夜的人），因为猫头鹰是夜行动物，在夜间活动，它还有一个引申义就是熬夜的人也被称为夜猫子。人们常常说一个人经常熬夜，是一个夜猫子。用英文可以这样表：You are a night owl. 你经常熬夜。/你是夜猫子。

2、as wise as an owl：非常明智，在希腊神话中，猫头鹰摇身一变，成了雅典娜女神的爱宠，智慧的象征。雅典人甚至将猫头鹰与他们的女神一起搬上了钱币，英语俚语中更有as wise as an owl的说法，意思是“像猫头鹰一样聪明”。

参考资料来源：百度百科-owl （动物名称）