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词汇 owlish
释义 owlish
adjective
uk /ˈaʊ.lɪʃ/ us /ˈaʊ.lɪʃ/
A person who is owlish looks serious and intelligent and usually wears glasses: (人)长得似猫头鹰的,儒雅严肃的
He was an owlish figure, sitting in the corner of the library.他一副很斯文的样子,坐在图书馆的一角。
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owlish
The owlish academics so often forget the young.
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I do not want to be more owlish or obtuse than is the norm.
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