howling 音标拼音: [h'ɑʊlɪŋ]
a . 咆哮的,哭哭啼啼的,荒凉的
n . 啸声
咆哮的,哭哭啼啼的,荒凉的啸声
howling adj 1 :
extraordinarily good or great ;
used especially as intensifiers ; "
a fantastic trip to the Orient "; "
the film was fantastic !"; "
a howling success "; "
a marvelous collection of rare books "; "
had a rattling conversation about politics "; "
a tremendous achievement " [
synonym :
{
fantastic }, {
grand }, {
howling (
a )}, {
marvelous },
{
marvellous }, {
rattling (
a )}, {
terrific }, {
tremendous },
{
wonderful }, {
wondrous }]
n 1 :
a long loud emotional utterance ; "
he gave a howl of pain ";
"
howls of laughter "; "
their howling had no effect " [
synonym :
{
howl }, {
howling }, {
ululation }]
Howl \
Howl \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Howled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Howling }.] [
OE .
houlen ,
hulen ;
akin to D .
huilen ,
MHG .
hiulen ,
hiuweln ,
OHG .
hiuwil [=
o ]
n to exult ,
h ?
wo owl ,
Dan .
hyle to howl .]
1 .
To utter a loud ,
protracted ,
mournful sound or cry ,
as dogs and wolves often do .
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1913 Webster ]
And dogs in corners set them down to howl .
--
Drayton .
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Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ '
d me about ,
and howled in my ears . --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To utter a sound expressive of distress ;
to cry aloud and mournfully ;
to lament ;
to wail .
[
1913 Webster ]
Howl ye ,
for the day of the Lord is at hand . --
Is .
xiii .
6 .
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3 .
To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast .
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Wild howled the wind . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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{
Howling monkey }. (
Zool .)
See {
Howler },
2 .
{
Howling wilderness },
a wild ,
desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts . --
Deut .
xxxii .
10 .
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1913 Webster ]
143 Moby Thesaurus words for "
howling ":
Jeremianic ,
abandoned ,
acute ,
amok ,
animal noise ,
argute ,
awful ,
bark ,
barking ,
bawling ,
bellowing ,
bemoaning ,
berserk ,
bewailing ,
birdcall ,
birdies ,
blatant ,
blooping ,
blurping ,
call ,
carried away ,
clang ,
complaining ,
creaky ,
cry ,
crying ,
deadly ,
delirious ,
demoniac ,
distortion ,
distracted ,
dreadful ,
ear -
piercing ,
ecstatic ,
enraptured ,
faultfinding ,
fearful ,
feedback ,
feral ,
ferocious ,
fierce ,
flutter ,
fluttering ,
frantic ,
frenzied ,
fretful ,
frightful ,
fulminating ,
furious ,
grieving ,
grunt ,
haggard ,
hissing ,
hog -
wild ,
horrible ,
howl ,
hum ,
hysterical ,
in a transport ,
in hysterics ,
intoxicated ,
keen ,
keening ,
lamentation ,
lamenting ,
lamentive ,
lowing ,
mad ,
madding ,
maniac ,
mating call ,
moanful ,
moaning ,
motorboating ,
mournful ,
mourning ,
mugient ,
note ,
orgasmic ,
orgiastic ,
peevish ,
penetrating ,
petulant ,
piercing ,
piping ,
plaintive ,
plangent ,
possessed ,
puling ,
querulous ,
rabid ,
raging ,
ramping ,
ranting ,
raving ,
ravished ,
reedy ,
roaring ,
rousing ,
rumble ,
running mad ,
scratching ,
screaky ,
screeching ,
screechy ,
sharp ,
shredding ,
shrieking ,
shrieky ,
shrill ,
sorrow ,
sorrowful ,
sorrowing ,
squeaking ,
squeaky ,
squeals ,
static ,
storming ,
stridulation ,
terrible ,
terrific ,
thin ,
thumping ,
transported ,
ululant ,
ululation ,
uncontrollable ,
violent ,
wailful ,
wailing ,
whacking ,
whimpering ,
whining ,
whiny ,
whistles ,
whistling ,
wild ,
wild -
eyed ,
wild -
looking ,
woodnote ,
woomping ,
wow ,
wowwows
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