howler
发音
英 [ˈhaʊlə(r)]
美 [ˈhaʊlɚ]
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- n.
- <英,非正>(尤指言谈或行文中的)愚蠢的错误
单词词源
howler 愚蠢的错误
来自howl,嚎叫。比喻用法。
双语例句
- 1. The howler monkeys sounded an alarm call just after the earthquake .
- 吼猴们在地震一来就发出了警报呼叫。
- 2. Rescue howler whistle by adventure medical kits .
- 救援医疗包吼叫信口哨的探险。
- 3. So far this year , no candidate has committed a fatal howler , but there have been several slips .
- 今年至今为止,还没有候选人犯过令人捧腹的致命错误,但是确有好几次小摔跤。
- 4. People throughout the hall were swiveling around to see who had received the howler , and ron sank solow in his chair that only his crimson forehead could be seen .
- 全礼堂的人都转过身来看是谁收到了吼叫信,罗恩缩在椅子里,只能看到一个通红的额头。
- 5. He owns a cacao plantation in this swath of untamed cloud forest in northern venezuela , where ocelots dart under towering saman trees and howler monkeys shriek at visitors .
- 他在委内瑞拉北部的这一带阴云笼罩的森林中拥有一处可可种植园,在那里豹猫在高耸的雨木下飞蹿而过,还有吼猴对着来访者尖叫。