predator

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n. 食肉动物, 掠夺者 [医] 捕食者

发音

US /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/
其它
UK /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tə/
IN /prɪˈɖe.ʈə(r)/

词形变化

predators 复数 predators

别名

pred preditor prædator

教材释义与例句

名词

捕食者； 食肉动物；掠夺者

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.

    掠食者

    天敌

  2. 2.

    Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.

    掠夺者

  3. 3.

    A sexual predator.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

vulture piranha marauder

上位词 9

animal beast creature brute attacker assailant fauna aggressor assaulter

下位词 2

carnivore mosstrooper

相关短语

predator bug predator bugs predator satiation predator saturation apex predator 顶级掠食者 sexual predator 色狼 ambush predator sit-and-wait predator

词源

Borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”).

来源：wiktionary