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单词 church owl
释义

church owln.

Brit. /ˈtʃəːtʃ aʊl/, U.S. /ˈtʃərtʃ ˌaʊl/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: church n.1, owl n.
Etymology: < church n.1 + owl n. Compare Middle Dutch kercule (Dutch kerkuil, also as a term of abuse), German Kircheneule, Kircheule (also as a term of abuse), Danish kirkeugle.Quot. 1563 reports events of 1557, and thus perhaps implies earlier currency of the word.
Now chiefly historical.
The barn owl, Tyto alba.Quot. 1563 records use as a term of opprobrium.
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the world > animals > birds > order Strigiformes or owl > [noun] > family Tytonidae > tyto alba (barn owl)
shritch?a1500
scritch owl1510
shritch-owl1538
strich1552
screech owl1567
shriek-owl1567
madge?1576
lich-owl1585
lich-fowl1611
jill-hooter1668
white owl1672
barn owl1674
church owl1678
aluco1753
padge1848
cherubim1864
squinch-owl1880
monkey-facec1940
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1604/2 Mocking also those that frequent the churche, and calling them church Owles.
1678 J. Ray tr. F. Willughby Ornithol. 101 Our Church-Owl and brown Owl..delight in lower and plain Countrys.
1766 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. ii. 71 Common barn, white, or church Owl.
1851 Glasgow Herald 8 Aug. 6/1 The great white owl, or as it is variously called, the common barn owl, owlet, gillihowter, madge howlet, church owl, hissing owl, and screech-owl.
1916 W. M. Letts Hallow-e'en 4 The stars gleam out through the orchard boughs and the church owl flaps his wings.
2004 H. B. Werness Continuum Encycl. Animal Symbolism in Art 308/1 The white barn owl (church owl) embodies both favorable and unfavorable meanings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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