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单词 wolfling
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wolflingn.

/ˈwʊlflɪŋ/
Etymology: < wolf n. + -ling suffix1.
A young or little wolf. Also figurative.
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a1400 K. Alis. (Laud) 6256 Wulflynges he bischette also, Merueillous men ben þoo.
1570 J. Foxe Serm. Christ Crucified (new ed.) f. 8 If a mighty hunter.. happenyng vppon the Wolfes denne, findeth there the young Wolfelynges.
1746 Fool (1748) I. 94 Wolflings the Lambs embrace.
1759 J. Downes in Tyerman John Wesley (1870) II. 342 Two bold, though beardless divines, so young, that they might rather be called wolflings than wolves.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. III. v. iii. 309 Young children were thrown in [the river], their mothers vainly pleading: ‘Wolflings,’ answered the Company of Marat, ‘who would grow to be wolves.’
1895 R. Kipling Second Jungle Bk. 204 Thou art a man, Little Brother, wolfling of my watching.
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