wolfish

美 [ˈwʊlfɪʃ]英 [ˈwʊlfɪʃ]
  • adj.似狼的
wolfishwolfish

adj.

formal似狼的
like a wolf

wolfish yellow eyes

狼一般的黄眼睛

a wolfish grin (= showing sexual interest in sb)

淫荡的露齿笑

adj

1
devouring or craving food in great quantities
edacious vultures
a rapacious appetite
ravenous as wolves
voracious sharks
Synonym: edacious esurient rapacious ravening ravenous voracious
2
resembling or characteristic (or considered characteristic) of a wolf
ran in wolflike packs
wolfish rapacity
Synonym: wolflike

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  1. It is not an elegant comparison , but there is something wolfish in society .

    我这个比喻不文雅,但是社交界有种品性很像狼。

  2. No more my splintered heart and maddened hand were turned against the wolfish world .

    我的破碎的心和疯狂的手再也不想反抗这个虎狼的世界。

  3. " No more my splintered heart and maddened hand were turned against the wolfish world " .

    我的破碎的心和发狂的手不再抗拒这豺狼似的世界。

  4. He gave her a wolfish grin .

    他色眼贪婪地对她笑了一下。

  5. Martin shook his head , but he had failed to keep back the wolfish , hungry look that leapt into his eyes at the suggestion of dinner .

    马丁摇摇头,但是他听见吃饭时眼里所流露出的饿狼般的馋相,却无法掩饰。

  6. The Big Girl chooses to pester me with her pleas to get her ear pierced just before school , just before bed , or when I 'm rifling in the refrigerator with a wolfish look .

    可我的大闺女总选择在上学前一刻、睡前或我正当带着豺狼般贪婪的面目洗劫冰箱时来纠缠我,恳求我允许她穿耳洞。

  7. Even above the hissing boom of the larchwood , that spread its bristling , leafless , wolfish darkness on the down-slope , she heard the tinkle as of tiny water-bells .

    这声音甚至比那落叶松林的嘶嘶的怒号声更高,落时松林在山坡上,遍布着忿怒的、无叶的、狞恶的暗影。她听见好象一些渺小的水铃在鸣着。