| 釋義 |
screech-owln. owl hooting at night,supposed to be ominous of evil and regarded as the harbinger ofdeath 尖叫的貓頭鷹，夜貓子（過去被看做不祥之鳥）。
△2H.VI.1.4.21 (18): “The time when screech-owlscry,and ban-dogs howl，”這時候，夜貓子尖叫，看門狗狂嚎。
△3H.VI.2.6.56:“Bring forth that fatal screech-owlto our house / That nothing sung but death to us andours.”把那個對我們全家不吉利的夜貓子拖出來，它專門對我們和我們的親友啼叫死亡的調子。
△Mid.5.2.6 (5.1.376):“the screech-owl screeching loud，”貓頭鷹厲聲怪叫。 |