howl是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 If a dog or wolf howls, it makes a long, sad sound. -- （狼、狗）長嚎，嗥叫

  • In the silence of the night, a lone wolf howled. 在寂靜的夜裡，一隻孤獨的狼在嚎叫。

  • An injured dog lay in the middle of the road, howling with/in pain. 一隻受傷的狗躺在路中間，痛苦地嚎叫著。

  • We were howling with laughter. 我們放聲大笑。

  • figurative The opposition howled down the government's proposal (= shouted loudly to express disapproval). 反對黨大聲抗議，反對政府的提案。

• 1 If the wind howls, it blows hard and makes a lot of noise. -- （風）呼嘯

  • Is there someone outside, or is it just the wind howling in the trees? 是有人在外面，還是只是風在樹林裡呼嘯？

• 2 a long, loud, sad sound -- 號叫聲；喊叫聲；呼嘯聲

  • the howl of the wind in the trees 樹林中風的呼嘯聲

  • He leaves his dog shut up in the house all day, and we can hear its howls. 他一整天都把他的狗關在屋子裡，我們能聽到牠的嚎叫聲。

  • She let out a howl of pain. 她痛得大聲哀號。

  • Plans to build a new supermarket have been greeted with howls of protest from local residents. 建一座新超市的計劃受到當地居民的強烈抗議。