狼
láng
Meaning
- wolf
Definition
哺乳动物，外形像狗，性凶猛，捕食其他动物，有时伤害人类。
A mammal resembling a dog, fierce in nature, preying on other animals and sometimes harming humans.
Usage
可指动物狼，也用于比喻凶狠或贪婪的人，或用于成语如‘狼吞虎咽’、‘色狼’等。
Refers to the animal wolf, also used metaphorically for a cruel or greedy person, or in idioms such as 'wolf down' and 'lecherous wolf'.
Examples
- 1 狼是一种食肉动物。(The wolf is a carnivorous animal.)
- 2 这孩子像狼一样贪婪。(This child is as greedy as a wolf.)
- 3 狼群在夜晚嚎叫。(The wolves howl at night.)
- 4 他真是个色狼！(He is really a lecherous wolf!)
- 5 我们在野外遇到了狼。(We encountered wolves in the wild.)
- 6 他狼吞虎咽地吃完了饭。(He wolfed down his meal.)
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