howler
英 [ˈhaʊlə(r)]
美 [ˈhaʊlər]
n. (尤指言谈或行文中的)愚蠢的错误
复数：howlers
BNC.24391 / COCA.24665
牛津词典
noun
- （尤指言谈或行文中的）愚蠢的错误
a stupid mistake, especially in what sb says or writes- The report is full of howlers.
这份报告错漏百出。
- The report is full of howlers.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 愚蠢的错误;低级错误
Ahowleris a stupid mistake.- I felt as if I had made an outrageous howler.
我觉得自己似乎犯了个不可容忍的低级错误。
- I felt as if I had made an outrageous howler.
英英释义
noun
- a glaring blunder
- monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
- a joke that seems extremely funny
双语例句
- Interestingly, when there are few howler monkeys in an area, the howling routine takes on a different pattern.
有趣的是，当某个地区只有极少数吼猴时，它们会采取不同模式的吼叫惯例。 - According to the passage, which of the following is true about howler monkeys?
根据本文，下列关于吼猴的叙述何者正确？ - Male howler monkeys use their loud voices to fight for food, mates, or territory.
雄性吼猴利用它们的大嗓门去争夺食物，求偶，或宣示领土。 - Ron sits stunned, and the Howler smashes itself into pieces.
罗恩目瞪口呆地坐着，吼叫信自动撕成碎片。 - Marine steering gear is the equipment used for heading control. once the steering gear has a breakdown, the ship will lose control, or even come a howler.
船舶舵机是用于航向控制的设备，一旦舵机失灵，船即会失去控制，甚至发生事故。 - Why are you so slow? the howler monkey asked one day.
猴子问。为什么你动作这么慢。 - Why did the howler monkeys in Belize howl less often?
为什麽贝里斯的吼猴吼叫不那麽频繁？ - They got off to the worst possible start when new keeper Scott Carson made a dreadul howler in the eighth minute and allowed a shot from distance to bounce off his shoulder into the net.
第八分钟，克罗地亚的一计远射弹过英格兰新任守门员斯高菲尔德的肩膀，跳入球门，开始了英格兰队的噩梦。 - At least the howler had done one good thing: Hermione seemed to think they had now been punished enough and was being perfectly friendly again.
吼叫信至少做了一件好事：赫敏似乎觉得他们已经受了足够的惩罚，现在她又像从前那样友好了。 - At the sanctuary, keepers now use recorded howler sounds from a distance so that the monkeys feel the need to make the territorial calls as they would do in the wild.
在保护区里，饲养者现在从远处播放预录的吼叫声音，以致猴子们察觉有发出宣示领土叫声的必要，如它们在野外一样。