| 单词 | cowl |
| 释义 | cowl /kowl/, n. 1. a hooded garment worn by monks. 2. the hood of this garment. 3. part of a garment that is draped to resemble a cowl or hood. 4. the forward part of the body of a motor vehicle supporting the rear of the hood and the windshield and housing the pedals and instrument panel. 5. a cowling. 6. a hoodlike covering for increasing the draft of a chimney or ventilator. 7. a wire netting fastened to the top of the smokestack of a locomotive to prevent large sparks from being discharged; a spark arrester. v.t. 8. to cover with or as if with a cowl. 9. to put a monk's cowl on. 10. to make a monk of. [bef. 1000; ME cou(e)le, OE cugele, cule < LL cuculla monk's hood, var. of L cucullus hood] |
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