cannibal

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n. 食人者, 吃同类的动物 a. 食同类的, 吃人肉的

发音

其它 /ˈkænɪbəl/

词形变化

cannibals 复数 cannibals

别名

cannabal

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An organism which eats others of its own or similar species or kind, especially a human or other human-like creature such as a zombie who consumes human flesh.

    食人者

    吃同类的生物

  2. 2.

    Ellipsis of cannibal boat.

    废旧 俚语

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

man-eater anthropophagite anthropophagus

上位词 2

savage barbarian

相关短语

cannibal sandwich cannibal sandwiches cannibal boat cannibal boats

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Cariban *kariponader. Spanish caribeder. Spanish caríbalder. Spanish caníbalbor. English cannibal Borrowed from Spanish caníbal, from Taíno caniba, the Taíno form recorded by Christopher Columbus for the Caribs, who were greatly feared. From an Arawak language, probably Taíno, and ultimately from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Doublet of Carib, caribe, Garifuna, Carijona, Kari'na, and Caribbean.

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