| 单词 |
tu-whit |
| 释义 |
▪ I. tu-whit, v.|tuːˈhwɪt|
[See next.]
intr. To hoot as an owl.
1902A. Lang in Longm. Mag. Dec. 99 He heard the owls towhitting and towhooing from the wood.
▪ II. tu-whit, tu-whoo, int. (n.)|tuːˈhwɪt tuːˈhwuː|
Also 6–9 to-, too-, -who, -hoo; 9 towhoo towhoo; etc.
[Imitative.]
An imitation of the call of an owl. See also prec. and next.
1588Shakes. L.L.L. v. ii. 928 Then nightly sings the staring Owle Tu-whit to-who. A merrie note. 1594Lyly Moth. Bomb. iii. iv, To whit to whoo, the Owle does cry. 1607Barley-Breake (1877) 9 Too whit, too whoo, cries out the broad-fac'd Owle. 1797Coleridge Christabel i. 3 The owls have awakened the crowing cock; Tu—whit!― Tu—whoo!
b. n. The utterance of this cry; the hoot of an owl; also, the use of the expression in literature.
1830Tennyson 2nd Song to Owl i, Thy tuwhits are lull'd I wot, Thy tuwhoos of yesternight. Ibid. ii, With a lengthen'd loud halloo, Tuwhoo, tuwhit, tuwhit, tuwhoo-o-o. 1862Borrow Wild Wales liii, What resemblance does Shakespear's to-whit-to-whoo bear to the cry of the owl? none whatever.
c. Hence as a name for the owl. nonce-use.
1604W. Terilo Fr. Bacon's Proph. (Percy Soc.) 8 And olde to whit to whoo Did watch the winter night. |
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