howl /haul/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a long loud emotional utterance
• (n.) the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf
• (n.) a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound

Chinese translation

• n. 嗥叫, 吠声, 号叫
• vi. 狂吠, 咆哮, 呼啸
• vt. 对...吼叫, 狂喊着说

Word details

Part of speech

verb / noun

Pronunciation

/haul/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Gaokao · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 3.18 · Super Super Rare

Word forms

howled, howling, howls

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