howler

英 [ˈhaʊlə(r)]

美 [ˈhaʊlər]

n.  (尤指言谈或行文中的)愚蠢的错误

复数：howlers　

GRETEM8电力

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
  1. The report is full of howlers.
     这份报告错漏百出。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 愚蠢的错误;低级错误
  Ahowleris a stupid mistake.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a glaring blunder
• monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
  Synonym:howler monkey
• a joke that seems extremely funny
  Synonym:belly laughsidesplitterthigh-slapperscreamwowriot

双语例句

• New World monkeys: capuchin; douroucouli; howler monkey; saki; spider monkey; squirrel monkey; titi; uakari; woolly monkey; marmoset; tamarin.
  新域猴；僧帽猴；夜猴；吼猴；粗尾猿；蜘蛛猴；松鼠猴；狨；羊毛猴；狨；绢毛猴。
• 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。
• 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。
• In the future when the population grows, there will be no need for the recording because the howler monkeys will have more reason to check in with the neighbors to define their own territories.
  未来，猴子数量增加时，就不再需要录音了，因为吼喉会有更多的理由与邻居们确认住入，以界定它们自己的领土。
• People throughout the hall were swiveling around to see who had received the howler, and Ron sank Solow in his chair that only his crimson forehead could be seen.
  全礼堂的人都转过身来看是谁收到了吼叫信，罗恩缩在椅子里，只能看到一个通红的额头。
• 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？
• 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。
• Apparently, with plenty of space and no other howler monkeys around, there was no need to check on the whereabouts of their competitors.
  显然，拥有广大的空间且四周没有其他吼猴，吼猴就没有必要去查出周遭的竞争者。
• 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。
• Loudest mammal-the Blue Whale. The second loudest is the Howler Monkey.
  最吵的哺乳动物－蓝鲸。第二吵的是吵猴。