名詞 wolf:

1. any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs
2. Austrian composer (1860-1903)
   同義詞：Hugo Wolf
3. German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)
   同義詞：Friedrich August Wolf
4. a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
   同義詞：woman chaser, skirt chaser, masher
5. a cruelly rapacious person
   同義詞：beast, savage, brute, wildcat

動詞 wolf:

1. eat hastily
   同義詞：wolf down

1. It is a foolish sheep that makes the wolf his confessor.
   [諺]蠢羊才向狼懺悔。
2. The hunter incurred great danger in killing the wolf.
   獵人打狼時(shí)承受著巨大的危險(xiǎn)。
3. He saw a hungry wolf on the prowl with his telescope.
   他通過望遠(yuǎn)鏡看到了一頭四處覓食的餓狼。
4. It is said that there are wolves in this forest.
   據(jù)說這片森林里有狼。

wolf

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 wolves[wôlvz]

Either of two carnivorous mammals of the family Canidae, especially the gray wolf of northern regions, that typically live and hunt in hierarchical packs and prey on livestock and game animals.
狼：兩種犬科食肉哺乳動物中的一種，尤指北方地區(qū)的灰狼，它們主要在區(qū)分等級的群體中生存和獵食家禽和野生動物
The fur of such an animal.
狼皮：這種動物的毛皮
Any of various similar or related mammals, such as the hyena.
類似狼的動物：任何相似的或相關(guān)的哺乳動物的一種，如狼狗
The destructive larva of any of various moths, beetles, or flies.
有害的幼蟲：各種蛾、甲蟲或蒼蠅的有害的幼蟲
One that is regarded as predatory, rapacious, and fierce.
暴徒：被看作搶劫的、掠奪的和兇猛的人
Slang A man given to paying unwanted sexual attention to women.
【俚語】 色狼：對女人做令人討厭的性注意的男人
Music
【音樂】
A harshness in some tones of a bowed stringed instrument produced by defective vibration.
刺耳音，雜音：弓形弦樂器由于一些音震蕩不準(zhǔn)而產(chǎn)生的刺耳的聲音
Dissonance in some intervals of a keyboard instrument tuned to a system of unequal temperament.
不協(xié)調(diào)音：適應(yīng)不規(guī)則的音律系統(tǒng)的鍵盤樂器在某些音程中的不協(xié)調(diào)音
v.tr.（及物動詞）
wolfed,wolf.ing,wolfs
To eat greedily or voraciously:
狼吞虎咽：貪婪地或過量地吃：
例句：
.The town`s big shots were . . . wolfing down the buffet.(Ralph Ellison)
.鎮(zhèn)上的重要人物…正在狼吞虎咽地吃著自助餐.(拉爾夫·埃利森)

<習(xí)慣用語>keep the wolf from the door【俚語】
To avoid the privation and suffering resulting from a lack of money:
免于窮困：為避免窮困和由于缺錢而造成的痛苦：
例句：
Both spouses had to take jobs in order to keep the wolf from the door.
為避免受饑寒之苦，夫妻倆不得不雙雙工作

wolf at the door
Creditors or a creditor.
債權(quán)人
wolf in sheep`s clothing
One who feigns congeniality while actually holding malevolent intentions.
披著羊皮的狼：假裝意氣相投但實(shí)際上懷著惡毒意圖的人
來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old English wulf * see w§k wo-
源自 古英語 wulf *參見 w§k wo-