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howling 音標拼音: [h'ɑʊlɪŋ] a. 咆哮的,哭哭啼啼的,荒涼的
n. 嘯聲 咆哮的,哭哭啼啼的,荒涼的嘯聲 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. [ 1913 Webster] And dogs in corners set them down to howl. -- Drayton. [ 1913 Webster] Methought a legion of foul fiends Environ' d me about, and howled in my ears. -- Shak. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast. [ 1913 Webster] Wild howled the wind. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] { Howling monkey}. ( Zool.) See { Howler}, 2. { Howling wilderness}, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. -- Deut. xxxii. 10. [ 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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