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wolfish
adjective
uk /ˈwʊl.fɪʃ/ us /ˈwʊl.fɪʃ/
like a wolf or like something that belongs to a wolf: 狼一般的
Wolfish dogs drew our sleds over the ice.
wolfish green eyes狼一般的绿眼睛
looking or seeming as though you want to trick or harm someone, or to have sex with them:
He gave her a wolfish grin.
Three days before she would have thought of this comment as wolfish. Now it seemed merely friendly.
Wolfish cries were coming from the forest.
His appearance is not so much wolfish as avian.
Then he grinned, a wolfish, determined grin that made her stomach turn.
The wolfish leer lurking beneath her comfortingly maternal smile says it all.
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