carnivore

大学 FREQ #34370 ★☆☆☆☆

n. 食肉动物 [医] 食肉动物, 食虫植物

发音

UK /ˈkɑː.nɪ.vɔː/
其它
CA /ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.voɹ/
US /ˈkɑɹ.nɪ.voɹ/
AU /ˈkaː.nɪ.voː/

词形变化

carnivores 复数 carnivores

教材释义与例句

名词

食肉动物；食虫植物

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An organism that feeds chiefly on animals; an animal that feeds on meat as the main part of its diet.

    食肉动物

    As juveniles the crocodiles are frequently predated by larger carnivores.

  2. 2.

    A mammal belonging to the order Carnivora.

    生物 动物学

    The panda and the panther are both carnivores.

  3. 3.

    A person who is not a vegetarian.

    非正式
  4. 4.

    A follower of the carnivore diet.

    非正式

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

predator eutherian placental

下位词 10

cat bear canine feline canid felid fissiped mustelid musteline procyonid

相关短语

carnivore diet

词源

Borrowed from French carnivore, from Latin carnivorus. In the zoological sense, coined by William Whewell in 1840 as an adaptation of Cuvier's coinage, French carnivore.

来源：wiktionary