vulture

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n. 秃鹫, 贪婪的人 [法] 贪婪而残酷者, 劫掠成性者

发音

UK /ˈvʌltʃə/
US /ˈvʌlt͡ʃɚ/

词形变化

vultures 复数 vultures vultured vultures 三单 vulturing vulturing 现在分词 vultured 过去式 vultured 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.

    兀鹰

    雕

  2. 2.

    A person who profits from the suffering of others.

    非正式 比喻

    Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits.

v.
  1. 1.

    To circle around one's target as if one were a vulture.

    非正式 比喻

    Rudy vultured when asking the girl out.

adj.
  1. 1.

    ravenous; rapacious

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

predator piranha marauder

上位词 6

attacker assailant raptor aggressor assaulter bird of prey

下位词 4

cathartid mosstrooper New World vulture Old World vulture

相关短语

vulture capitalist 兀鹫投资者 vulture fund vulture funds vulture capitalists vulture capitalism 兀鹫投资 vulture bee vulture bees vulture culture vulture hock vulture hocks black vulture [鸟类]; 秃鹫(Aegypius monachus); 黑鹫(Coragyps atratus,产于美洲) griffon vulture 兀鹫 turkey vulture 土耳其秃鹰 红头美洲鹫 bearded vulture = lammergeier monk vulture

词源

Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur.

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