wolf
n
(pl wolves )
1 fierce wild animal of the dog family, usu hunting in packs 狼.
2 (idm 习语) cry wolf => cry1. keep the `wolf from the door have enough money to avoid hunger and need 有维持温饱的钱
Their wages are barely enough to keep the wolf from the door. 他们的工资勉强够维持生活的. 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 任凭某人遭受粗暴对待或批评而不予协助或辩解. wolf, v [Tn, Tn.p]
~ sth (down) (infml 口) eat sth quickly and greedily 快而贪婪地吃某物; 狼吞虎咽
I thought there would be some biscuits left but they've wolfed the lot! 我还以为能剩下些饼乾, 但是他们都给吃光了.
Don't wolf down your food. 吃东西不要狼吞虎咽.
🎯 考研助记
我夫”(即我的丈夫)就是我(wo)左边(lt)的 狼 逆流(flow)而上的 狼
🔁 扩展释义
*[wulf]n. 狼, 残忍贪婪之人, 极度穷困vt. 狼吞虎咽, 大吃相关词组: 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.
他们被认为是在3万多年以前从亚洲跨越一座陆桥来到美洲的。
Another, whose language Kunta understood, was crying softly to himself.
另一个人在暗自轻声地哭诉,他的话孔塔听得懂。
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.