wolf 音标拼音: [w'ʊlf]
n . 狼,残忍贪婪之人,极度的穷困
vt . 狼吞虎咽,大吃
狼,残忍贪婪之人,极度的穷困狼吞虎咽,大吃
wolf n 1 :
any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs 2 :
Austrian composer (
1860 -
1903 ) [
synonym : {
Wolf }, {
Hugo Wolf }]
3 :
German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (
1759 -
1824 ) [
synonym :
{
Wolf }, {
Friedrich August Wolf }]
4 :
a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women [
synonym : {
wolf }, {
woman chaser }, {
skirt chaser }, {
masher }]
5 :
a cruelly rapacious person [
synonym : {
beast }, {
wolf }, {
savage },
{
brute }, {
wildcat }]
v 1 :
eat hastily ; "
The teenager wolfed down the pizza " [
synonym :
{
wolf }, {
wolf down }]
Wolf \
Wolf \,
n .;
pl . {
Wolves }. [
OE .
wolf ,
wulf ,
AS .
wulf ;
akin to OS .
wulf ,
D . &
G .
wolf ,
Icel . [=
u ]
lfr ,
Sw .
ulf ,
Dan .
ulv ,
Goth .
wulfs ,
Lith .
vilkas ,
Russ .
volk ',
L .
lupus ,
Gr .
ly `
kos ,
Skr .
v [.
r ]
ka ;
also to Gr . "
e `
lkein to draw ,
drag ,
tear in pieces . [
root ]
286 .
Cf . {
Lupine },
a ., {
Lyceum }.]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 . (
Zool .)
Any one of several species of wild and savage carnivores belonging to the genus {
Canis }
and closely allied to the common dog .
The best -
known and most destructive species are the European wolf ({
Canis lupus }),
the American gray ,
or timber ,
wolf ({
Canis occidentalis }),
and the prairie wolf ,
or coyote .
Wolves often hunt in packs ,
and may thus attack large animals and even man .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Zool .)
One of the destructive ,
and usually hairy ,
larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths ;
as ,
the bee wolf .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Fig .:
Any very ravenous ,
rapacious ,
or destructive person or thing ;
especially ,
want ;
starvation ;
as ,
they toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
A white worm ,
or maggot ,
which infests granaries .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
An eating ulcer or sore .
Cf . {
Lupus }. [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
If God should send a cancer upon thy face ,
or a wolf into thy side . --
Jer .
Taylor .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 . (
Mus .)
(
a )
The harsh ,
howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament .
(
b )
In bowed instruments ,
a harshness due to defective vibration in certain notes of the scale .
[
1913 Webster ]
7 . (
Textile Manuf .)
A willying machine . --
Knight .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Black wolf }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
A black variety of the European wolf which is common in the Pyrenees .
(
b )
A black variety of the American gray wolf .
{
Golden wolf } (
Zool .),
the Thibetan wolf ({
Canis laniger });
--
called also {
chanco }.
{
Indian wolf } (
Zool .),
an Asiatic wolf ({
Canis pallipes })
which somewhat resembles a jackal .
Called also {
landgak }.
{
Prairie wolf } (
Zool .),
the coyote .
{
Sea wolf }. (
Zool .)
See in the Vocabulary .
{
Strand wolf } (
Zool .)
the striped hyena .
{
Tasmanian wolf } (
Zool .),
the zebra wolf .
{
Tiger wolf } (
Zool .),
the spotted hyena .
{
To keep the wolf from the door },
to keep away poverty ;
to prevent starvation .
See {
Wolf },
3 ,
above . --
Tennyson .
{
Wolf dog }. (
Zool .)
(
a )
The mastiff ,
or shepherd dog ,
of the Pyrenees ,
supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of the St .
Bernard dog .
(
b )
The Irish greyhound ,
supposed to have been used formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves .
(
c )
A dog bred between a dog and a wolf ,
as the Eskimo dog .
{
Wolf eel } (
Zool .),
a wolf fish .
{
Wolf fish } (
Zool .),
any one of several species of large ,
voracious marine fishes of the genus {
Anarrhichas },
especially the common species ({
Anarrhichas lupus })
of Europe and North America .
These fishes have large teeth and powerful jaws .
Called also {
catfish }, {
sea cat }, {
sea wolf }, {
stone biter },
and {
swinefish }.
{
Wolf net },
a kind of net used in fishing ,
which takes great numbers of fish .
{
Wolf '
s peach } (
Bot .),
the tomato ,
or love apple ({
Lycopersicum esculentum }).
{
Wolf spider } (
Zool .),
any one of numerous species of running ground spiders belonging to the genus {
Lycosa },
or family {
Lycosidae }.
These spiders run about rapidly in search of their prey .
Most of them are plain brown or blackish in color .
See Illust .
in App .
{
Zebra wolf } (
Zool .),
a savage carnivorous marsupial ({
Thylacinus cynocephalus })
native of Tasmania ; --
called also {
Tasmanian wolf }.
[
1913 Webster ]
142 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wolf ":
African hunting dog ,
Cape hunting dog ,
Casanova ,
Don Juan ,
Lothario ,
Mafioso ,
Young Turk ,
amorist ,
atonalism ,
atonality ,
batten ,
beast ,
beldam ,
bolt ,
bolt down ,
bomber ,
brush wolf ,
brute ,
cacophony ,
chaser ,
clinker ,
coyote ,
cram ,
debauchee ,
demon ,
devil ,
devour ,
dingo ,
discord ,
discordance ,
discordancy ,
disharmony ,
dissonance ,
dissonancy ,
dissonant chord ,
dragon ,
engorge ,
fiend ,
fire -
eater ,
firebrand ,
flatness ,
fool around ,
fox ,
fury ,
gallant ,
gay deceiver ,
gay dog ,
glut ,
gluttonize ,
gobble ,
goon ,
gorge ,
gorilla ,
gormandize ,
gulp ,
gulp down ,
gunsel ,
guttle ,
guzzle ,
hardnose ,
heartbreaker ,
hell -
raiser ,
hellcat ,
hellhound ,
hellion ,
holy terror ,
hood ,
hoodlum ,
hothead ,
hotspur ,
hyena ,
incendiary ,
ingurgitate ,
inharmoniousness ,
inharmony ,
jackal ,
killer ,
lady -
killer ,
lecher ,
libertine ,
live to eat ,
lobo ,
lover -
boy ,
mad dog ,
madcap ,
masher ,
medicine wolf ,
mess around ,
monster ,
mugger ,
off note ,
philander ,
philanderer ,
play around ,
prairie wolf ,
profligate ,
rake ,
rakehell ,
rapist ,
raven ,
revolutionary ,
reynard ,
rip ,
roue ,
rounder ,
savage ,
seducer ,
sharpness ,
she -
wolf ,
skirt chaser ,
slop ,
slosh ,
sour note ,
sourness ,
spitfire ,
stridor ,
stuff ,
swinger ,
termagant ,
terror ,
terrorist ,
tiger ,
tigress ,
timber wolf ,
tough ,
tough guy ,
tunelessness ,
ugly customer ,
unharmoniousness ,
unmusicality ,
untunefulness ,
violent ,
virago ,
vixen ,
walking phallus ,
wanton ,
wild beast ,
witch ,
wolf down ,
woman chaser ,
womanize ,
womanizer
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