| 词汇 | howler |
| 释义 | howler noun[ C ] uk /ˈhaʊ.lər/ us /ˈhaʊ.lɚ/ howlernoun[C] (MISTAKE)a stupid and obvious mistake, especially in something that someone says or writes: （尤指说话或写作中的）愚蠢的错误，明显的错误 I called her by the name of his first wife, which was a bit of a howler.我把她的名字叫成了他第一位妻子的名字，这个错误犯得有些愚蠢。 So far in the election, no candidate has committed a shocking howler. Thanks to all readers alert enough to spot the howler. It avoids the embarrassing howlers that a press conference can create. Even those punctilious about punctuation can commit the odd grammatical howler. Faults and mistakes (that's) your hard luckidiom aberration Achilles heel adrift black mark blemish errata erratum error failing false move malaprop miscue misfunction misperception misprint that's/it's your funeral!idiom typo uncorrectable uncorrected howlernoun[C] (BEER CONTAINER)USinformal a jug or large bottle that can be filled with beer, especially at a brewery (= a place where beer is made). A howler usually contains 32 fluid ounces: Howlers are perfect if you're looking to bring home multiple draft beers but don't want a full growler of each. Compare growler(BEER CONTAINER) Howlers are half the size of growlers. Each howler includes three cans of the finest craft beer. He came home from work clutching a howler of beer. Containers for liquids and gases aerosol amphora bottle bucket bulk tank churn flagon growler hip flask hot-water bottle hottie oxygen tank siphon sprayer squeeze bottle stoup stubby Thermos tin can tinnie Examples of howlerhowler Isolation and the absence of contact with other howlers may protect against parasites and disease, thereby reducing mortality. In contrast, predators of invertebrates, rodents and generalist herbivores (leaf-cutter ants, howler monkeys, common iguanas) are present at greatly elevated densities. While following the howler monkey group, all interspecific encounters between howler monkeys and coatis were recorded. Factors influencing leaf choices by howler monkeys: a test for some hypotheses of food selection by generalist herbivores. Factors influencing the leaf choice by howler monkeys: test of some hypotheses of food selection by generalist herbivores. These results are consistent with the earlier predictions suggesting that howler monkeys are routinely trichromatic. Finally, the establishment of a sound management programme is crucial for the future well-being of howlers on the island. Recently, the physiological properties of howler monkey ganglion cells were analyzed through in vivo extracellular recordings. However, the question of how important predation is to the demography of mainland howlers remains open. During five of these episodes, coatis just passed by a non-fruiting tree where the howler group was resting without interacting. Activity patterns and feeding habits of translocated howler monkeys. One has to respect the integrity of a theorist who writes a book pointing out his own past howlers. As predicted, small-island howlers consumed fewer resources and obtained a smaller fraction of their intake from rare tree species (those contributing < 1% of basal area). Dispersed by large birds, howler and spider monkeys. In the third panel filled points represent an analysis subtracting a single trap below a howler monkey sleeping tree. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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