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HOWL
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howl I. verb A. intranzitiv
1. (despre animale, vânt etc.) a urla; (despre persoane, copii etc.) a urla, a zbiera, a ţipa (de durere etc.);
(fig.) to howl with the pack a urla cu lupii.
2. (radio) a reacţiona (în antenă).
howl I. verb B. tranzitiv
1. (şi to howl out) a rosti urlând.
2. to howl away a îndepărta prin urlet(e);
to howl down a înăbuşi prin urlet(e).
howl II. s.
1. urlet; zbieret.
2. reacţie sonoră, urlet.
3. huiduială.
Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:
She’s a-comin’, I tell you, and it’ll be sheets and halyards, stand by all hands, when she begins to howl.
(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)
The others sat down and howled.
(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)
Suddenly he stopped. Hark! Close at hand came the howling of many wolves.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)
White Fang was howling as dogs howl when their masters lie dead.
(White Fang, de Jack London)
I imagined how the winds of winter would howl round it, how the cold rain would beat upon the window-glass, how the moon would make ghosts on the walls of the empty rooms, watching their solitude all night.
(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)
Yes, said the lord of the castle, if you will pass the night down there in the old tower, go thither; but I warn you, it is at the peril of your life, for it is full of wild dogs, which bark and howl without stopping, and at certain hours a man has to be given to them, whom they at once devour.
(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)
I heard the rain still beating continuously on the staircase window, and the wind howling in the grove behind the hall; I grew by degrees cold as a stone, and then my courage sank.
(Jane Eyre, de Charlotte Brontë)
I hear dogs howling.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, de Jack London)
He, too, sat down and howled.
(The Call of the Wild, de Jack London)
Far off I hear the howling of wolves; the snow brings them down from the mountains, and there are dangers to all of us, and from all sides.
(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)