wolfish

英['wʊlfɪʃ] 美['wʊlfɪʃ]
  • adj. 狼似的；残暴的；贪婪的
wolfishly wolfishness

详细释义

Adjective:
  1. resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf;

    "ran in wolflike packs"
    "wolfish rapacity"

  2. devouring or craving food in great quantities;

    "edacious vultures"
    "a rapacious appetite"
    "ravenous as wolves"
    "voracious sharks"

双语例句

1. It is not an elegant comparison, but there is something wolfish in society.
我这个比喻不文雅, 但是社交界有种品性很像狼.

来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹

2. I looked at her , dumb and wolfish. She at once enraged and shamed me.
我哑口无言,凶狠狠地望着她, 她叫我气愤,又使我羞惭.

来自辞典例句

3. For thy desires wolfish, bloody, stare'd , and ravenous.
贪婪.因为你的欲望和性情正如狼一样, 贪婪, 嗜血, 残暴.

来自互联网

4. The American spy's expulsion from Iraq explained the wolfish nature of the USA.
美国间谍被驱逐出伊拉克,这就显示了美国的狼子野心.

来自互联网

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. The children ate with a wolfish appetite after scampering about for hours.
      孩子们到处蹦蹦跳跳地闹了几个钟头后,吃起饭来狼吞虎咽。

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