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词汇 howl
释义
howl
Theme: EVENT
n. something funny.
What a howl the surprise party turned out to be when the guest of honor didn't show up.The gag was a real howl.
Theme: LAUGHTER
in. to laugh very hard.
Everybody howled at my mistake.John howled when the joke was told.
howl
1. noun
a source of great amusement US, 1930
2. verb
howl at the moonto experience the bleed period of the menstrual cycle US, 2001
phrasehowl[howled, howled, howling]
howl down
howl down sbhowl sb down BrE to prevent a speaker from being heard by shouting loudly and angrily: At a public meeting union officials were howled down by the strikers. SIMILAR TO: shout down

bay at the moon

To make appeals in vain. Good luck talking to the principal, but I think you'll just be baying at the moon—I doubt you'll get a better grade.

howl like a banshee

To scream, howl, or screech in a very loud, high-pitched, and unsettling manner. Some animal has been howling like a banshee in the alleyway all night long. Kids, stop howling like a banshees back there! I need to focus on driving and I can barely hear myself think!

let out (some sound)

To utter some loud, forceful sound. I let out a shriek when the dog suddenly jumped on me. The lion let out an intimidating roar.

howl at (someone or something)

1. Of an animal, to make a howling sound at someone or something. Oh geez, the dog's howling at a raccoon or something in the bushes.
2. To laugh uproariously at someone or something. His opening monologue went really well—the audience howled at every joke.
3. To yell at someone or something. Mom really howled at me when she found out that I got a D in biology this semester.

howl (one) down

To voice displeasure (as by booing) for a performer or performers to the extent that they decide to leave the stage. Are you sure you want to perform at that rowdy club? The crowd there is known to howl people down.

howl with laughter

To laugh uproariously. His opening monologue must have gone really well—we could hear the audience howling with laughter.

howl with pain

To wail or yell because one is feeling pain. Sally twisted her ankle and fell to the ground, howling with pain.

howl in pain

To wail or yell because one is feeling pain. Sally twisted her ankle and fell to the ground, howling in pain.

howl with (something)

To emphatically respond to some stimulus in a particular manner (named after "with"). His opening monologue must have gone really well—we could hear the audience howling with laughter. Sally twisted her ankle and fell to the ground, howling with pain.

howl at someone or something

 
1. Lit. [for a canine] to bay at someone or something. The dog howls at me when I play the trumpet. The wolves howled at the moon and created a terrible uproar.
2. and hoot at someone or something Fig. to yell out at someone or something. The audience howled at the actors and upset them greatly. We hooted at the singer until he stopped.
3. Fig. to laugh very hard at someone or something. Everyone just howled at Tom's joke. I howled at the story Alice told.

howl someone down

 and hoot someone down
Fig. to yell at or boo someone's performance; to force someone to stop talking by yelling or booing. The audience howled the inept magician down. They howled down the musician.

howl with something

to yell or holler because of something, such as pain. Roger howled with pain as the needle went into his arm. Mary howled with grief when she saw what had happened to her roses.

bay at the moon

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howl at the moon

LITERARY
If you bay at the moon or howl at the moon, you waste your time and energy trying to do something which is impossible or trying to get something which you cannot have. You're looking for the perfect man and he doesn't exist. You're baying at the moon.

bay at the moon

clamour or make an outcry to no effect.
The barking of dogs at a full moon has been a metaphor for futile activity since the mid 17th century.

howl

1. n. something funny. What a howl the surprise party turned out to be when the guest of honor didn’t show up.
2. in. to laugh very hard. Everybody howled at my mistake.
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