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wolf [wulf]

n. 狼, 残忍贪婪之人, 极度穷困

vt. 狼吞虎咽, 大吃

wolf
wolves

[ noun ]

any of various predatory carnivorous canine mammals of North America and Eurasia that usually hunt in packs

<noun.animal>

Austrian composer (1860-1903)

<noun.person>

German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824)

<noun.person>

a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women

<noun.person>

a cruelly rapacious person

<noun.person>

[ verb ]

eat hastily

<verb.consumption>

wolf down

The teenager wolfed down the pizza

Wolf \Wolf\, n.; pl. {Wolves}. [OE. wolf, wulf, AS. wulf; akin
to OS. wulf, D. & G. wolf, Icel. [=u]lfr, Sw. ulf, Dan. ulv,
Goth. wulfs, Lith. vilkas, Russ. volk', L. lupus, Gr. ly`kos,
Skr. v[.r]ka; also to Gr. "e`lkein to draw, drag, tear in
pieces. [root]286. Cf. {Lupine}, a., {Lyceum}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of several species of wild and savage
carnivores belonging to the genus {Canis} and closely
allied to the common dog. The best-known and most
destructive species are the European wolf ({Canis lupus}),
the American gray, or timber, wolf ({Canis occidentalis}),
and the prairie wolf, or coyote. Wolves often hunt in
packs, and may thus attack large animals and even man.

2. (Zo["o]l.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy,
larv[ae] of several species of beetles and grain moths;
as, the bee wolf.

3. Fig.: Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person
or thing; especially, want; starvation; as, they toiled
hard to keep the wolf from the door.

4. A white worm, or maggot, which infests granaries.

5. An eating ulcer or sore. Cf. {Lupus}. [Obs.]

If God should send a cancer upon thy face, or a wolf
into thy side. --Jer. Taylor.

6. (Mus.)
(a) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an
organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament.
(b) In bowed instruments, a harshness due to defective
vibration in certain notes of the scale.

7. (Textile Manuf.) A willying machine. --Knight.

{Black wolf}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A black variety of the European wolf which is common
in the Pyrenees.
(b) A black variety of the American gray wolf.

{Golden wolf} (Zo["o]l.), the Thibetan wolf ({Canis
laniger}); -- called also {chanco}.

{Indian wolf} (Zo["o]l.), an Asiatic wolf ({Canis pallipes})
which somewhat resembles a jackal. Called also {landgak}.

{Prairie wolf} (Zo["o]l.), the coyote.

{Sea wolf}. (Zo["o]l.) See in the Vocabulary.

{Strand wolf} (Zo["o]l.) the striped hyena.

{Tasmanian wolf} (Zo["o]l.), the zebra wolf.

{Tiger wolf} (Zo["o]l.), the spotted hyena.

{To keep the wolf from the door}, to keep away poverty; to
prevent starvation. See {Wolf}, 3, above. --Tennyson.

{Wolf dog}. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The mastiff, or shepherd dog, of the Pyrenees,
supposed by some authors to be one of the ancestors of
the St. Bernard dog.
(b) The Irish greyhound, supposed to have been used
formerly by the Danes for chasing wolves.
(c) A dog bred between a dog and a wolf, as the Eskimo
dog.

{Wolf eel} (Zo["o]l.), a wolf fish.

{Wolf fish} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of large,
voracious marine fishes of the genus {Anarrhichas},
especially the common species ({Anarrhichas lupus}) of
Europe and North America. These fishes have large teeth
and powerful jaws. Called also {catfish}, {sea cat}, {sea
wolf}, {stone biter}, and {swinefish}.

{Wolf net}, a kind of net used in fishing, which takes great
numbers of fish.

{Wolf's peach} (Bot.), the tomato, or love apple
({Lycopersicum esculentum}).

{Wolf spider} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
running ground spiders belonging to the genus {Lycosa}, or
family {Lycosid[ae]}. These spiders run about rapidly in
search of their prey. Most of them are plain brown or
blackish in color. See Illust. in App.

{Zebra wolf} (Zo["o]l.), a savage carnivorous marsupial
({Thylacinus cynocephalus}) native of Tasmania; -- called
also {Tasmanian wolf}.

The 18-year-old's piece pictures a wolf standing by a downed tree in the snow with a rising moon over the mountains.
Two litters of red wolf pups were born in the refuge this year, Parker says.
Stress or injury from Hurricane Hugo probably contributed to the death of the sole male red wolf in a wildlife refuge, but four pups of the endangered species appear healthy, the refuge manager said.
The wolf was temporarily quarantined, Dunn said.
"By slipping this wolf into sheep's clothing, Ford avoided up to $200 million in gas-guzzler taxes," Ditlow wrote in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator William Reilly.
Jack's car collides with a wolf on a skiddy, midnight New England road and he is bitten when he tries to shift the supposed dead body.
I don't know when they're crying `wolf, wolf."' House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, who has supported the peace plan drafted by President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica, said sending U.S. combat troops to the area was unjustified.
In a test in Minnesota, a single dog kept a small wolf pack from a bait station for 30 nights, until the wolves finally combined forces to drive off the dog, Coppinger said.
The study, put together with information from wolf experts from throughout the world and researchers from three universities, predicts little impact on wildlife or livestock near Yellowstone if wolves are returned.
Per-Arne Sundbom, head of the cartel office which is politically independent, told two newspapers that the government was "shouting before the wolf has come" by claiming the Japanese were swamping the Swedish market.
One day, a group of computer specialists burst out in another of Mr. Metcalf's exercises: wolf howls.
They began returning in the late 1890s when the practice of clear-cutting the state's forest exterminated the wolf by destroying its habitat.
When her "Memories" medley met with wolf whistles, she smiled.
"It's ridiculous to cry wolf about inflation based on one month's numbers," she said.
Authorities took the wolf to a nearby zoo, but he remains isolated because other wolves would attack a newcomer, Gruenschlaeger said.
She is a striking blonde who wears big hats and short skirts and is prone to giving wolf whistles when Fred birdies a hole.
For a scene of menace in the snowbound woods in Beauty And The Beast, Mangini and Stone used slowed-down wolf howls to create the sound of the wind.
"We've been facing the worst financial crisis in the history of this ministry," Richard Roberts said. "We're not out here in Tulsa crying wolf.
You hear those ear-splitting shrieks at football games, the shrill blasts that beckon home wandering pets, the descending note of surprise, the appreciative wolf whistle.
Perrault and the Grimm brothers left out the cannibalism and made Little Red Riding Hood into "a real wimp" who "stupidly tells the wolf where she's going" on the way to her grandmother, Dundes said.
Just as you can yell "wolf" only so many times before people cease to heed you, a PR firm can manipulate the press only once, and then it loses all credibility.
The 7-year-old wolf had been released on Bulls Island, part of the Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge on the Atlantic coast, with a female adult in an attempt to reintroduce the species, which had become extinct in the wild.
Wildlife photographer Jim Brandenburg and wolf biologist David Mech took advantage of the wolves' tolerance and occasional curiosity during two years of observing them from a camp on Ellesmere Island, Canada, less than 500 miles from the North Pole.
"We want to give the wolf to some type of a sanctuary that can handle that type of animal.
Barbee acknowledged the Park Service supports the wolf's return, but said the two agencies didn't manipulate the report's contents.
The boy was alone in the back yard Saturday afternoon when the 10-year-old wolf attacked the youngster, said police spokesman Sgt. Peter Berry.
A 5-year-old boy was in critical condition Monday after a wolf held in captivity attacked him.
He also was named 1988 Wildlife Photographer of the Year by BBC Wildlife Magazine and Kodak for his white wolf photographs.
They note that the companies already benefit from high tariffs as well as quotas and claim the companies are crying wolf.
Their cousin - the gray wolf - does hunt in bands, and is finding a cooler welcome in the Adirondacks and other areas where conservationists want them reintroduced.

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