screech-owl

n. owl hooting at night,supposed to be ominous of evil and regarded as the harbinger ofdeath 尖叫的猫头鹰，夜猫子（过去被看做不祥之鸟）。
△2H.VI.1.4.21 (18): “The time when screech-owlscry,and ban-dogs howl，”这时候，夜猫子尖叫，看门狗狂嚎。
△3H.VI.2.6.56:“Bring forth that fatal screech-owlto our house / That nothing sung but death to us andours.”把那个对我们全家不吉利的夜猫子拖出来，它专门对我们和我们的亲友啼叫死亡的调子。
△Mid.5.2.6 (5.1.376):“the screech-owl screeching loud，”猫头鹰厉声怪叫。