wolf
n
(pl wolves )
1 fierce wild animal of the dog family, usu hunting in packs 狼.
2 (idm 習(xí)語) cry wolf => cry1. keep the `wolf from the door have enough money to avoid hunger and need 有維持溫飽的錢
Their wages are barely enough to keep the wolf from the door. 他們的工資勉強(qiáng)夠維持生活的. a lone wolf => lone. a wolf in `sheep's clothing person who appears friendly or harmless but is really an enemy 披著羊皮的狼. throw sb to the `wolves leave sb to be roughly treated or criticized without trying to help or defend him 任憑某人遭受粗暴對待或批評而不予協(xié)助或辯解. wolf, v [Tn, Tn.p]
~ sth (down) (infml 口) eat sth quickly and greedily 快而貪婪地吃某物; 狼吞虎咽
I thought there would be some biscuits left but they've wolfed the lot! 我還以為能剩下些餅乾, 但是他們都給吃光了.
Don't wolf down your food. 吃東西不要狼吞虎咽.
?? 考研助記
我夫”(即我的丈夫)就是我(wo)左邊(lt)的 狼 逆流(flow)而上的 狼
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*[wulf]n. 狼, 殘忍貪婪之人, 極度窮困vt. 狼吞虎咽, 大吃相關(guān)詞組: keep the wolf from the door see a wolf
It is thought that they arrived more than 30,000 years ago by crossing a land bridge from Asia to America.
他們被認(rèn)為是在3萬多年以前從亞洲跨越一座陸橋來到美洲的。
Another, whose language Kunta understood, was crying softly to himself.
另一個(gè)人在暗自輕聲地哭訴,他的話孔塔聽得懂。
For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.