howling

英 ['haʊlɪŋ] 美 ['haʊlɪŋ]

• adj. 咆哮的；哭哭啼啼的；寂寥的

英英释义

Noun:

1. a long loud emotional utterance;

   "he gave a howl of pain"
   "howls of laughter"
   "their howling had no effect"
   

Adjective:

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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The book was a howling success.
   那本书倍受赞誉。
2. We got stuck in a howling blizzard.
   我们被困在怒号的暴风雪中。
3. The dog was howling for its paw was hurt.
   那条狗在嗥叫--它的爪子受伤了。
4. I could hear her scream through the howling of the storm.
   我在暴风雨呼啸之中仍听得见她的尖叫声。
5. In his escape, he walked six days in the midst of howling wilderness.
   在逃亡期间，他在人迹罕至的旷野中走了6天。

经典引文

• The Frankie marketing campaign was a howling success.

  出自：Times

• If he wasn't guilty of (at best) howling incompetence, somebody in his administration was.

  出自：Listener

词汇搭配

• howl 长嚎
• threshold howling 临界啸声
• howling noise 嗥鸣
• howling air bomb 啸声炸弹
• acoustic howling 声寄生振荡,啸声...
• howling monkey 吼猿 [Latin]
• howling wilderness 荒僻的旷野
• howling success 极大成功
• howling shame 奇耻
• calamity howling 说丧气话,叫喊前途不...

近反义词

【近义词】

• violent 猛烈的
• stormy 暴风雨的
• laughter 【U】笑
• loud 大声的
• whistling 吹笛
• gale-force 强风的; 大风的...
• breathtaking 令人赞叹的
• wailing 动词wail的现在进行式...
• tremendous 巨大的
• wonderful 精彩的
• marvellous 惊奇的
• howl 长嚎
• grand 重大的
• ululation 吠声
• fantastic 极好的
• marvelous 令人惊异的
• rattling （多用于英国英语）极其...
• wondrous 令人惊奇的
• terrific 可怕的