howler
英 [ˈhaʊlə(r)]
美 [ˈhaʊlər]
n. (尤指言谈或行文中的)愚蠢的错误
复数：howlers
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- The report is full of howlers.
这份报告错漏百出。
- The report is full of howlers.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 愚蠢的错误;低级错误
Ahowleris a stupid mistake.- 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。
- I felt as if I had made an outrageous howler.
英英释义
noun
- a glaring blunder
- monkey of tropical South American forests having a loud howling cry
- a joke that seems extremely funny
双语例句
- According to the passage, which of the following is true about howler monkeys?
根据本文，下列关于吼猴的叙述何者正确？ - Why are you so slow? the howler monkey asked one day.
猴子问。为什么你动作这么慢。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He was not good at business and it soon came a howler.
他不擅长做生意，不久就失败了。 - 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。 - At least the howler had done one good thing: Hermione seemed to think they had now been punished enough and was being perfectly friendly again.
吼叫信至少做了一件好事：赫敏似乎觉得他们已经受了足够的惩罚，现在她又像从前那样友好了。 - 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。 - 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。