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wolf down

/woolf/US // wʊlf //UK // (wʊlf) //

狼来了,狼狈为奸,狼吞虎咽,狼狈不堪

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural wolves [woolvz]. /wʊlvz/.

    • : any of several large carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the dog family Canidae, especially C. lupus, usually hunting in packs, formerly common throughout the Northern Hemisphere but now chiefly restricted to the more unpopulated parts of its range.
    • : the fur of such an animal.
    • : any of various wolflike animals of different families, as the thylacine.
    • : Astronomy. the constellation Lupus.
    • : the larva of any of various small insects infesting granaries.
    • : a cruelly rapacious person.
    • : Informal. a man who makes amorous advances to many women.
    • : Music. the harsh discord heard in certain chords of keyboard instruments, especially the organ, when tuned on some system of unequal temperament.a chord or interval in which such a discord appears. a discordant or false vibration in a string due to a defect in structure or adjustment of the instrument.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to devour voraciously: He wolfed his food.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to hunt for wolves.

Phrases

  • wolf in sheep's clothing
  • cry wolf
  • keep the wolf from the door
  • lone wolf

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • After Murphy sent the HTA around to top officials like Wolf and Cuccinelli, he was told shortly afterward that “further distribution of the HTA was prohibited” because of concerns those two men had.

  • Wolf apparently looked to bar Murphy from future meetings on the subject, and the notification was completed without Murphy’s input.

  • Torpor had been observed before in hummingbirds, but Wolf and his colleagues wanted a more detailed picture.

  • Cooling to near-death temperatures lets the hummingbirds save precious energy, allowing them to survive the cold night and gear up to feed the next day, Wolf says.

  • Competitive eaters scarf food at a rate that bests that of grizzly bears and coyotes, Smoliga finds, although wolves lead the pack.

  • It reminded me a bit of an alternative take on The Wolf of Wall Street—through the Toni and Candace lens.

  • “During this trip, I did as a lone wolf, I risked a lot,” he said.

  • His later books drew heavily from experiences and people he encountered at the bar, including the cruel captain in The Sea-Wolf.

  • The Wolf of Wall Street is a dangerous, incendiary work of art.

  • Wolf concurs that the conceit of the show seems to have everyone but the sex worker in mind.

  • He heard Mohammedans alluding to a Brahmin as a leader—so might a wolf and a snake make common alliance against a watch dog.

  • A few years before, he would have gone home, no more disquieted at having killed an Indian than if he had killed a fox or a wolf.

  • It was a hard struggle; for the wolf pulled poor Amy one way, and Alan pulled her the other; but at length Alan won the day.

  • The affair of the wolf having passed off so well, Alan began to bethink himself of other adventures.

  • “He hath told us already, Princess,” said the other, his harsh accents sounding more like the snarl of a wolf than a human voice.