wolf

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

wolf [wolf wolves] noun, verb BrE [wʊlf] NAmE [wʊlf]
noun (pl. wolvesBrE [wʊlvz] ; NAmE [wʊlvz] )
a large wild animal of the dog family, that lives and hunts in groups
•a pack of wolves
more at cry wolf at ↑cry _v., a lone wolf at ↑lone

Word Origin:
Old English wulf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wolf and German Wolf, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lupus and Greek lukos. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.

Example Bank:
•A lone wolf howled under the full moon.
•Labour groups are often seen as the big bad wolf.
•She called the media ‘ravening wolves’.
•She compared the media to a pack of ravening/ravenous wolves.
•a story of a young boy raised by wolves
Idioms: ↑keep the wolf from the door ▪ ↑throw somebody to the wolves ▪ ↑wolf in sheep's clothing
 
verb ~ sth (down) (informal)
to eat food very quickly, especially by putting a lot of it in your mouth at once
Syn: ↑gobble
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Old English wulf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wolf and German Wolf, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lupus and Greek lukos. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  beast, savage, brute, wildcat, woman chaser, skirt chaser, masher, Wolf, Friedrich August Wolf, Hugo Wolf, wolf down