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• wolf pack, wolf-pack

語源

From wolf +‎ pack.

発音

• IPA: /ˈwʊlfpæk/

名詞

wolfpack (plural wolfpacks)

1. (collective) A family or other group of wild wolves.

   Synonym: pack

2. (historical, nautical, military) During World War II, any of various marauding groups of submarines, especially German submarines that patrolled the North Atlantic and preyed upon merchant ships.

動詞

wolfpack (third-person singular simple present wolfpacks, present participle wolfpacking, simple past and past participle wolfpacked)

1. To gang up on a solitary target, in the manner of a pack of wolves.
   • 2017, September 6, Michael Gordon, "Online they were Heather, Megan and Kylie – adult men luring boys into making porn Sacramento Bee

     If a boy refused to take part, the predators would team up – Anderson called it "wolfpacking" – until the target complied