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单词 outhowl
释义

outhowlv.

Brit. /ˌaʊtˈhaʊl/, U.S. /ˌaʊtˈhaʊl/
Forms: see out- prefix and howl v.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, howl v.
Etymology: < out- prefix + howl v.
transitive. To outdo in howling; to howl louder than.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or shout (loudness) > cry of emotion or pain > [verb (transitive)] > wail or howl > outdo
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1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. xx. 269 They would have out-houled an Irish Woolfe.
1695 R. Blackmore Prince Arthur i. 7 When Thor unlocks their Prisons, out they fly, A lawless Rout, and with their Hellish Cry Out-howl the hideous Monsters of the Seas.
1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. vi. 5 Where ev'ry gaping thin-jaw'd Brother Strove zealously t' outhowl the other.
a1849 H. Coleridge Old Arm-chair in Poems (1851) II. 243 Not to heal, but aggravate the sore, Came the red sea-kings from the Saxon shore, Wave after wave, and blast outhowling blast.
1856 J. G. Whittier Panorama 370 So some poor wretch..Out-howls the Dervish.
1932 W. Lewis Filibusters in Barbary i. viii. 37 When they sang together in chorus, suddenly he would out-howl the rest.
1984 T. C. Boyle Budding Prospects (1985) iii. viii. 221 A look of malice that made me want to wring my hands, tear out my hair and out-howl the damned in the lake of fire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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