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Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

howling ['haυlɪŋ] ['haulɪŋ]
  1. 1. adjective 嚎叫的,号叫的;大声叫喊
  2. 2. adjective 悲哀的;令人沮丧的凄凉
  3. 3. adjective [Slang] 极端的,非常
    a howling success
    极大的成功

Collins English-English Dictionary

howling ['haυlɪŋ]
  1. 1. adj [prenominal] [Spoken] (intensifier)
    a howling success
    a howling error

Examples

a howling success
极大的成功
They gathered in hundreds howling for food during the great famine.
在大饥荒时期,他们上百号人聚集在一起哀号乞讨。
A newspaper arose frantically in the howling winds.
一张报纸在呼啸的风中向上窜升。
The howling winds aroused him from sleep.
呼啸的狂风将他从睡梦中唤醒。
The wolf was howling away at the moon.
狼朝着月亮在连续嚎叫。
The singer was howling out her lines.
这位歌唱家突然大声叫喊起来。
I was huddled down beneath the howling wind.
在嚎叫的风中,我缩成团。
The bear was howling in pain.
熊痛苦地嚎叫着。
The rain had let up,only to be replaced by a howling gale!
雨变小了,但仅仅是被呼啸的狂风所取代。

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