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the howling of + noun
用of引出发出嚎叫的人或动物。
The howling of the wolves kept us awake all night.
狼群的嚎叫让我们整夜无法入睡。
嚎叫；嗥叫
howlings — plural of howling
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嚎叫；嗥叫
The act of producing howls.
The howling of the wolves kept us awake all night.
狼群的嚎叫让我们整夜无法入睡。
发出嚎叫的行为。
The act of producing howls.
The howling of the wolves kept us awake all night.
狼群的嚎叫声让我们整夜未眠。
His howling could be heard from across the street after he lost the game.
他输掉比赛后，嚎叫声隔着街都能听见。
The howling of the wind made the old house creak.
风的呼啸声使老房子吱嘎作响。
用of引出发出嚎叫的人或动物。
The howling of the wolves kept us awake all night.
狼群的嚎叫让我们整夜无法入睡。
也可以用所有格表示嚎叫的主体。
We could hear the dog's howling from the yard.
我们能听到院子里那只狗的嚎叫。
Not this
The dog howling kept me awake all night.
Use this
The dog's howling kept me awake all night.
这里 howling 是名词，表示“嚎叫的行为”，需要用所有格 dog's 来限定实施者。写成 dog howling 会被读作“正在嚎叫的那只狗”，句子意思变成“那只狗把我吵醒了”，而不是“嚎叫声把我吵醒了”。
Not this
The howling of wolves are scary.
Use this
The howling of wolves is scary.
主语中心词是单数名词 howling，of wolves 只是介词短语修饰语，所以谓语动词要用单数 is，不能因为汉语没有主谓一致就按最近的名词 wolves 用 are。
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狼群的嚎叫
The howling of wolves echoed through the forest all night.
狼群的嚎叫整夜回荡在森林里。
风的呼啸声
The howling of the wind made it hard to sleep.
风的呼啸声让人难以入睡。
狗的狂吠声
A howling of dogs started suddenly in the yard.
院子里突然响起一阵狗的狂吠声。
暴风雨的咆哮
The howling of the storm kept the villagers indoors.
暴风雨的咆哮使村民们待在屋内。
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howling 以 howl 开头，发音像“嚎”，联想狼仰头长嚎的画面，记住它指“发出嚎叫的行为”。
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing animal sounds、literary descriptions of wind or weather 该词作名词时通常用于书面或描述性语境，比如描写动物的嚎叫声或风声；日常口语中更多用动词形式，而单独用作名词的情况比较常见于文学或说明性文字。
真正与 howling (/ˈhaʊlɪŋ/) 押韵的有 fowling、scowling、growling、prowling、cowling，它们都读 /aʊlɪŋ/。注意 bowling 拼写相似，但读 /ˈboʊlɪŋ/，不押韵。
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