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hog wild

/hawg-wahyld, hog-/US // ˈhɔgˈwaɪld, ˈhɒg- //

野猪,野生猪,野猪场,野猪养殖

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : wildly or intemperately enthusiastic or excited.

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Examples

  • He has wild swings between trying not to care about Lana and the baby, and being completely obsessed by it.

  • The sound of birds, quail, even doe, make a wild grid of noise.

  • Exactly when the transition to modern domestic creature took place, for a bird that is wild to this day, is controversial.

  • It is wild that something that would seem to be so scandalous would just disappear from the press.

  • Everyone who saw Beasts of the Southern Wild knows Wallis is a unique talent, but still, no one saw this coming.

  • They are so rich in harmony, so weird, so wild, that when you hear them you are like a sea-weed cast upon the bosom of the ocean.

  • The white men served their smoking cannon with a wild energy that, for a time, made the gallant nine equal to a thousand.

  • A cricket-match was in progress, but the bowling and batting were extremely wild, thanks to The Warren strong beer.

  • People are busy ballooning or driving; shooting like stars along railroads; or migrating like swallows or wild-geese.

  • Suddenly he shot a disturbing glance at Tressan's face, and the corner of his wild-cat mustachios twitched.