werewolf

IPA/ˈweəwʊlf/
KK[wˈɛrwˌʊlf]IPA/ˈwerwʊlf/

werewolf — noun

  • werewolfsingular
  • werewolvesplural

1. in legends and horror films, a person who turns into a wolf — often during a ful

1.名詞B2
釋義

in legends and horror films, a person who turns into a wolf — often during a full moon — and later changes back into a human.

例句

In the film, Mateo turns into a werewolf whenever the full moon rises.

turn into a werewolf + full-moon trigger

Old village stories warned that a werewolf hunted travellers on dark, moonlit nights.

同義詞
  • lycanthrope

    formal or technical term for a werewolf, common in academic or fantasy writing

  • shapeshifter

    broader — any creature that can change its body into another form, not only a wolf

  • wolfman

    informal, often a film-style nickname for the same creature

用法筆記

Used almost only in stories, films, and folklore, never for real events; note the irregular plural 'werewolves', where the final f changes to v.

常見錯誤

❌The movie had three werewolfs.
✅The movie had three werewolves.
💡like wolf and leaf, the plural changes the final f to ves.