a large wild animal of the dog family, that lives and hunts in groups 狼 
She compared the media to a pack of ravening/ravenous wolves. 她把媒体比作一群饿狼。
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsb1A lone wolf howled under the full moon. 一匹孤狼在满月下嗥叫。 Labour groups are often seen as the big bad wolf. 劳工组织常常被看作邪恶的大灰狼。 She called the media ‘ravening wolves’. 她称媒体为“贪婪的狼”。 a story of a young boy raised by wolves 一个被狼养大的小男孩的故事
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lone
- wild
- hungry
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- pack
- growl
- howl
- hunt
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- cub
- pack
Word OriginOld English wulf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch wolf and German Wolf, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin lupus and Greek lukos. The verb dates from the mid 19th cent.
Idioms
cry wolf
to call for help when you do not need it, with the result that when you do need it people do not believe you 喊 “狼来了”；谎报险情；发假警报
keep the wolf from the door
- (informal)
to have enough money to avoid going hungry; to stop somebody feeling hungry 勉强度日；糊口
a lone wolf
a person who prefers to be alone 好独处的人；喜欢单干的人
throw somebody to the wolves
to leave somebody to be roughly treated or criticized without trying to help or defend them 弃…于险境而不顾；见死不救
a wolf in sheep’s clothing
a person who seems to be friendly or not likely to cause any harm but is really an enemy 披着羊皮的狼