(động vật học) chó sói

(nghĩa bóng) người tham tàn, người độc ác, người hung tàn (như) con sói

(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) người hay chim gái

to be as hungry as a wolf

đói ngấu

to have (hold) the wolf by the ears

ở vào tình thế nguy hiểm, tiến lui đều khó

to keep the wolf from the door

có đủ tiền để khỏi đói và không túng thiếu

a wolf in sheep's clothing

chó sói đội lốt cừu non; kẻ giả nhân giả nghĩa, kẻ khẩu phật tâm xà

(thông tục) ngốn, ăn ngấu nghiến

to wolf down one's food

nuốt ngấu nghiến đồ ăn

người đầu cơ có kinh nghiệm, từng trải

N. (pl. wolves) 1 a wild flesh-eating tawny-greymammal related to the dog, esp. Canis lupus, preying on sheepetc. and hunting in packs.

Sl. a man given to seducing women.3 a rapacious or greedy person.

Mus. a a jarring sound fromsome notes in a bowed instrument. b an out-of-tune effect whenplaying certain chords on old organs (before the present equaltemperament was in use).

V.tr. (often foll. by down) devour(food) greedily.

Cry wolf raise repeated false alarms (so thata genuine one is disregarded). have (or hold) a wolf by theears be in a precarious position. keep the wolf from the dooravert hunger or starvation. lone wolf a person who prefers toact alone. throw to the wolves sacrifice without compunction.wolf-cub 1 a young wolf.

Brit. the former name for a CubScout. wolf-fish any large voracious blenny of the genusAnarrhichas. wolf in sheeps clothing a hostile person whopretends friendship. wolf-pack an attacking group of submarinesor aircraft. wolfs-milk spurge. wolf-spider anyground-dwelling spider of the family Lycosidae, hunting insteadof trapping its prey. wolf-whistle n. a sexually admiringwhistle by a man to a woman.

V.intr. make a wolf-whistle.

Wolfish adj. wolfishly adv. wolflike adj. & adv. [OE wulff. Gmc]