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werewolf

/wair-woolf, weer-, wur-/US // ˈwɛərˌwʊlf, ˈwɪər-, ˈwɜr- //UK // (ˈwɪəˌwʊlf, ˈwɛə-) //

狼人

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural were·wolves [wair-woolvz, weer-, wur-]. /ˈwɛərˌwʊlvz, ˈwɪər-, ˈwɜr-/.

    • : a human being who has changed into a wolf, or is capable of assuming the form of a wolf, while retaining human intelligence.

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Examples

  • Teen Wolf even features a relationship between a gay lacrosse player and a male werewolf.

  • And Bill Weasley remains happily married to Fleur Delacour despite being “grievously scarred from an encounter with a werewolf”.

  • At times, Heston appears more werewolf than human, which ended up being the best part of the film.

  • To break the curse, Klaus needed to sacrifice a werewolf, a vampire, and a doppelgänger, aka Elena.

  • The real curse was the hybrid curse: a curse placed on Klaus, an original vampire, to keep his werewolf side dormant.

  • He consulted with me during four revisions of "The Werewolf," and told me that he had written the whole thing over seven times.

  • Eugene Field gives a new turn to the idea by representing the werewolf curse as a definite atavistic throw-back.

  • The werewolf bears a charmed life against which no weapon of man can avail, and the country is panic-stricken over his ravages.

  • Like the vampire, the werewolf is under a curse that impels him to prey upon those dearest to him.

  • The Albigenses tell of a young husband who, as a werewolf, slays his bride, then vanishes to be seen no more.