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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- cry wolf
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喊叫“狼来了”;发假警报(出自伊索寓言:有牧童戏呼“狼来了”以愚弄邻人,后来狼果真来了,再也没有人相信他的呼喊,结果他的羊被狼吃掉了)
Collins English-English Dictionary
- cry wolf
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n
to give a false alarm
Examples
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to cry aloud
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高声喊叫
→ aloud
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cry quarter
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恳求宽恕
→ cry
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cry oneself asleep
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一直哭到睡着
→ cry
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to cry for pain
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疼得哭起来
→ for
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a grievous cry
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痛哭
→ grievous
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to cry in pain
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因痛而哭
→ in
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an inarticulate cry
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发音不清的叫喊
→ inarticulate
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not like her to cry
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不象她那样叫喊
→ like
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ready to cry
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快要哭出声来
→ ready
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it's unlike her to cry
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哭,不象是她的性格
→ unlike
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