carnivorous

FREQ #30970

a. 食肉的 [医] 食肉的

发音

UK /kɑːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/
其它
CA /kɑɹˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/
US /kɑɹˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/
AU /kaːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/

词形变化

more carnivorous 比较级 most carnivorous 最高级

别名

canivorous carniferous carnivourous

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.

    carnivorous animal

  2. 2.

    Predatory or flesh-eating.

    食肉的

    carnivorous diet

  3. 3.

    Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.

    生物 植物学

词汇关系

形容词

反义词 3

herbivorous insectivorous omnivorous

近义相关 6

flesh-eating meat-eating piscivorous predaceous predacious zoophagous

词源

From Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”).

来源：wiktionary