| 英语单词 | vulture |
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| 英美音标 | 英 ['vʌltʃə(r)] 美 ['vʌltʃər] |
| 中文释义 | n.秃鹰;兀鹰;贪婪的人 |
| 英语例句 | (1) We saw a vulture gorging on some rotting carcase. (2) Vulture is a large bird usually with a head and neck almost bare of feathers. (3) A vulture usually lives on the flesh of dead animals. (4) That vulture is capable of doing anything. (5) They are all vultures round the bedside of the dying millionaire. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 我们看见一只秃鹫正在贪婪地啄食腐尸。 (2) 秃鹰是一种头和脖子几乎没毛的大鸟。 (3) 兀鹰靠死去的动物的肉来维生。 (4) 那个贪得无厌的人什么事都能干得出来。 (5) 他们都是围拢在将要去世的百万富翁床边的贪心人。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A vulture is a type of bird — with a bald head and neck — that feeds on dead animals. |
| vocabulary扩展 | One of the most fearsome birds is the vulture: this bird of prey feeds on almost nothing but dead flesh. Unlike other animals that hunt, vultures go after animals that were killed by other animals or died naturally. Vultures are scavengers looking for corpses. And because of their morbid tastes, vultures are often associated with horror movies and scenes of carnage. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]兀鹫;秃鹫 A vulture is a large bird which lives in hot countries and eats the flesh of dead animals. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]趁火打劫的人;乘人之危的人 If you describe a person as a vulture, you disapprove of them because you think they are trying to gain from another person's troubles. [disapproval] [JOURNALISM 新闻]
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