Значение
значений: 10(исчисляемое)Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
(исчисляемое)Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.
A man who makes amorous advances to many women.
a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women
A wolf tone or wolf note.
The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.
(переносно)Any very ravenous, rapacious, or destructive person or thing; especially, want; starvation.
They toiled hard to keep the wolf from the door.
the bee wolf
a cruelly rapacious person
One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths.
A white worm which infests granaries, the larva of Nemapogon granella, a tineid moth.
A wolf spider (Lycosidae spp.).
A willying machine, that uses willow twigs to cleanse wool.
(устаревшее)An eating ulcer or sore. See lupus.
Примеры
предложений: 544I don't think it's a wolf.
Я не думаю, что это волк.
Tom was attacked by a wolf.
На Тома напал волк.
deTom ist von einem Wolf angegriffen worden.
I got attacked by a wolf.
На меня напал волк.
The boy said a wolf would come.
Мальчик сказал, что придёт волк.
I don't think that it's a wolf.
Я не думаю, что это волк.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
Inherited from Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, ƿulf, from Proto-West GermanicInherited from Middle English wolf, from Old English wulf, ƿulf, from Proto-West Germanic *wulf, from Proto-Germanic *wulfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos. Doublet of lobo and lupus.
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Формы
мн. число: wolvesСинонимы
синонимов: 15- a man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women:woman chaserskirt chasermasher
- German classical scholar who claimed that the Iliad and Odyssey were composed by several authors (1759-1824):Friedrich August Wolf
- Austrian composer (1860-1903):Hugo Wolf
- a cruelly rapacious person:beastsavagebrutewildcat
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 90Сочетаемость
шаблонов: 5- wolves howling
- descended from wolves
- wolves around here
- wolves around
- is a wolf