英:['wʊlfɪʃlɪ]
美:['wʊlfɪʃlɪ]
英:['wʊlfɪʃlɪ]
美:['wʊlfɪʃlɪ]
词根:wolf
adj.wolfish 残忍的;贪婪的;狼似的
n.wolf 狼;色狼;残忍贪婪之人
vt.wolf 大吃;狼吞虎咽地吃
adjective
suggestive of a wolf a wolfish and withdrawn youth—Marshall Frady
wolfish mongrel dogs—Hoffman Birney
befitting or characteristic of a wolf
a wolfish appetite
of or relating to wolves
The first known use of wolfish was in the 15th century
1 He seemed half famished, and devoured some slices of excellent ham, which I had put in my guide's knapsack, wolfishly.
2 The boy ate wolfishly with one hand; the other seemed to have grown fast to the butt of his heavy weapon.
3 He was wolfishly hungry, and the dishes he looked upon gave him back assurances by sight and smell that he was very happy as well.
4 In repose there is something of a scowl on his face, which is intensified in displeasure as his head shoots forward aggressively and almost wolfishly.
5 He drank the champagne and ate the biscuits wolfishly while she talked.
6 His lean, sun-tanned face was an open letter of recommendation as to his ability to take care of himself in a world that had often glared at him wolfishly.
7 Both men leaned against the window and gazed wolfishly at the food.
8 In this holiday romance, ski lodge owner Landon Wolff has to cope with an influx of wolf shifters in his town at Christmastime — but his wolfish instincts get turned to 11 when veterinarian Gabrielle Lowe comes to stay.
9 The President’s eyes widened as he saw who it was, and he smiled wolfishly.
10 Philip Hardin gazes wolfishly at the royal beauty who is sworn.
11 She told herself that he was a thoroughbred, and that she had not been mistaken in him, but she would almost have preferred to see him eat wolfishly.
12 The children were standing in the shadow outside, one of them eating wolfishly, while the other held the pudding in front of him, gaping at it....
13 He took a swallow of strong black beer to wash it all down, and grinned up wolfishly at Jaime.
14 “The Embassy,” Mr Verloc began again, after a preliminary grimace which bared his teeth wolfishly.
15 He had seen mustangs in that humor shake off their tormentors and tear them wolfishly with their fangs.
16 In the moments before Abramson spoke, Timothy Bishop — a 22-year-old health and exercise science major — grinned wolfishly and declared: “I want her to be polarizing!”
17 From the counter of Chez Bebelle, proprietor Gilles Belzons—a large wolfish figure who once played rugby for Narbonne—picks up a megaphone and hollers across to the charcutier opposite.
18 Soon, Sandie/Eloise is being twirled across the dance floor by the wolfish music manager Jack (Doctor Who’s Matt Smith) in a bravura set piece of swooping camerawork, costuming, production design, and tag-team choreography.
19 "Only at the last," he murmured, as he sped along in Brooklyn's dingy water streets to take on another mask to veil his wolfishly evil life.
20 A three-mile pull brought us to the camp just as the night fell, and we stepped ashore very tired and wolfishly hungry.