WOLF

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Traducere în limba română

wolf I. plural wolves substantiv

1. (zool.) lup (Canis lupus);

to cry wolf a striga „lupul", a da o alarmă falsă;

(fig.) to keep the wolf from the door / at bay a lupta cu foamea, a o duce de azi pe mâine; a o scoate la capăt;

she-wolf lupoaică;

to have / to hold a wolf by the ears a nu avea nici o ieşire, a fi între ciocan şi nicovală;

to see a wolf a i se încleşta limba în gură; a nu putea scoate o vorbă;

a wolf in sheep's clothing un lup în piele de oaie.

2. (text.) lup.

3. (amer.) afemeiat, muieratic.

4. (med. rar) lupus.

5. (muz.) disonanţă stridentă.

wolf II. verb A. tranzitiv

(sl.) (şi to wolf down) a înfuleca, a înghiţi cu lăcomie, a mânca ca un lup.

wolf II. verb B. intranzitiv

a vâna lupi.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

So he went into the room, and when he came to the bed, he saw that the wolf was lying in it.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

“Well, Leach, are you going for’ard?” Wolf Larsen asked.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

But, there, you can't trust wolves no more nor women.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

That wolf's a dog, an' it's eaten fish many's the time from the hand of man.

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Astronomers have located the habitable zone, the region where water could exist on the surface of a planet, on the Wolf 1061, a planetary system that is 14 light years away from our Earth.

(Searching for Life on Wolf 1061 Exoplanet, Editura Global Info)

Wolves or watch-dogs, it was hard to say from which the sheep had most to fear.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Still the Indian Summer held on, and he continued to crawl and faint, turn and turn about; and ever the sick wolf coughed and wheezed at his heels.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)

It was the wolf manner of fighting, to strike and leap away; but there was more to it than this.

(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)

"A wolf that knows enough to come in with the dogs at feedin' time has had experiences."

(White Fang, de Jack London)

Suddenly he stopped. Hark! Close at hand came the howling of many wolves.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

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