wolf

英 [wʊlf]

美 [wʊlf]

n.  狼
v.  大口地快吃; 狼吞虎咽

复数：wolves　过去式：wolfed　现在分词：wolfing　过去分词：wolfed　第三人称单数：wolfs　

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短语动词

习惯用语

n.

keep the wolf from the door
• 勉强度日；糊口
  to have enough money to avoid going hungry; to stop sb feeling hungry
throw sb to the wolves
• 弃…于险境而不顾；见死不救
  to leave sb to be roughly treated or criticized without trying to help or defend them
a wolf in sheep's clothing
• 披着羊皮的狼
  a person who seems to be friendly or harmless but is really an enemy
cry wolf
• 喊“狼来了”；谎报险情；发假警报
  to call for help when you do not need it, with the result that when you do need it people do not believe you
a lone wolf
• 好独处的人；喜欢单干的人
  a person who prefers to be alone

牛津词典

noun

• 狼
  a large wild animal of the dog family, that lives and hunts in groups
  1. a pack of wolves
     一群狼

verb

• 大口地快吃；狼吞虎咽
  to eat food very quickly, especially by putting a lot of it in your mouth at once

柯林斯词典

• 狼
  Awolfis a wild animal that looks like a large dog.
• VERB 狼吞虎咽地吃
  If someonewolfstheir food, they eat it all very quickly and greedily.
  1. I was back in the changing room wolfing tea and sandwiches.
     我回到更衣室，狼吞虎咽地喝茶、吃三明治。
  2. Wolf downmeans the same aswolf.
     wolf down同 wolf
  3. He wolfed down the rest of the biscuit and cheese...
     他把剩下的饼干和奶酪一扫而光。
  4. She bought a hot dog from a stand on a street corner and wolfed it down.
     他从街角小摊上买了一个热狗，大口地吃了下去。
• 喊“狼来了”;发假警报
  If someonecries wolf, they say that there is a problem when there is not, with the result that people do not believe them when there really is a problem.
• PHRASE 勉强度日;糊口
  If youkeep the wolf from the door, you succeed in providing food and other necessary things for yourself or your family.
  1. A lot of the lads took small jobs to help keep the wolf from the door.
     很多少年打零工帮补家里维持生计。

英英释义

noun

• any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
• a cruelly rapacious person
  Synonym:beastsavagebrutewildcat
• a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
  Synonym:woman chaserskirt chasermasher

verb

• eat hastily
  1. The teenager wolfed down the pizza
  Synonym:wolf down

双语例句

• The wolf clawed at the tree and howled the whole night.
  这匹狼用爪子挠着树，嚎叫了整晚。
• He thought he had better track this wolf and kill it
  他认为最好跟踪这只狼，杀了它。
• The old hunter stopped suddenly when he saw the wolf.
  这老猎人看见了狼，他突然停了下来。
• The wolf is characterized as a cunning and savage beast in many stories.
  在许多故事里狼都被描绘成一种狡猾和残酷的动物。
• 'I don't want to be like the boy who cried wolf,'she says.
  “我不想和那个喊狼来了的孩子一样，”她说。
• I was back in the changing room wolfing tea and sandwiches.
  我回到更衣室，狼吞虎咽地喝茶、吃三明治。
• I am not crying wolf again.
  我不是在瞎喊“狼来了”！
• The wolf snapped at the hunter's hand.
  这匹狼咬住猎人的手。
• The wolf padded through the forest.
  那只狼慢慢地走过森林。
• The big bad wolf chased all our friends away and no one visit us anymore.
  大坏狼赶走了我们的所有的朋友，再也没人来拜访我们了。