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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 howl /ˈhaʊ(ə)l/
 吠聲,號叫(vi.)狂吠,咆哮,呼嘯(vt.)狂喊著說

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Howl, n.
 1. The protracted, mournful cry of a dog or a wolf, or other like sound.
 2. A prolonged cry of distress or anguish; a wail.
 

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Howl, v. t. To utter with outcry. “Go . . . howl it out in deserts.”

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Howl v. i. [imp. & p. p. Howled p. pr. & vb. n. Howling.]
 1. To utter a loud, protracted, mournful sound or cry, as dogs and wolves often do.
    And dogs in corners set them down to howl.   --Drayton.
 Methought a legion of foul fiends
 Environ'd me about, and howled in my ears.   --Shak.
 2. To utter a sound expressive of distress; to cry aloud and mournfully; to lament; to wail.
    Howl ye, for the day of the Lord is at hand.   --Is. xiii. 6.
 3. To make a noise resembling the cry of a wild beast.
    Wild howled the wind.   --Sir W. Scott.
 Howling monkey. Zool. See Howler, 2.
 Howling wilderness, a wild, desolate place inhabited only by wild beasts. --Deut. xxxii. 10.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 howl
      n 1: a long loud emotional utterance; "he gave a howl of pain";
           "howls of laughter"; "their howling had no effect" [syn:
            howling, ululation]
      2: the long plaintive cry of a hound or a wolf
      3: a loud sustained noise resembling the cry of a hound; "the
         howl of the wind made him restless"
      v 1: emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with
           sorrow" [syn: ululate, wail, roar, yawl]
      2: cry loudly, as of animals; "The coyotes were howling in the
         desert" [syn: wrawl, yammer, yowl]
      3: make a loud noise, as of wind, water, or vehicles; "The wind
         was howling in the trees"; "The water roared down the
         chute" [syn: roar]
      4: laugh unrestrainedly and heartily [syn: roar]