单词 | outhowl |
释义 | outhowlv. transitive. To outdo in howling; to howl louder than. ΘΚΠ 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 outhowl1654 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). < v.1654 |
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