bird of prey

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ˌbɜːd əv ˈpreɪ]
• 美式音标 [ˌbɝːd əv ˈpreɪ]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• 猛禽；食肉鸟

同根派生

英汉例句

双语例句

• The powerful harpy eagle—which has razor-sharp, five-inch talons—is the world’s largest bird of prey.
  强健的角鹰——拥有五英寸长的锋利鹰爪——是世界上最大的鸟。
• So the All England Club gratefully accepted the services of a full-time falconer to patrol the courts with a swooping bird of prey, named Finnegan, acting as a highly effective deterrent.
  所以全英俱乐部欣然接受了一位专业驯鹰者的帮助，他训练出来的猎鹰“芬尼根”专门负责温网期间的场地巡逻，成为一个十分有效的威慑。
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• “The idea of a man-made machine chopping a bird in half creates a visceral reaction, ” he said, “while the idea of a predator with its prey in its mouth — well we’ve seen that on the Nature Channel.
  人造机器把鸟锯成两半，这种观点激发了人类的本能反应；而捕食者口中含着的猎物这一观点，我们会视之为自然的本性。

权威例句

• The government does have a bird-of-prey working group.
  ECONOMIST: Feathered enemies
• The Austin-based band Shearwater named its new album after the bird of prey.
  NPR: Shearwater: Gone to the Birds, Happily

词组短语

短语

• a bird of prey 猛禽
• The Bird of Prey 天降横财心惊惊
• Bird of Prey Show 私人动物园欣赏鸟禽猎食秀
• Amid Bird of Prey 猛禽之间
• Bird -of-Prey 禽舰;猛禽舰

英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• a bird, such as an eagle or a hawk, that kills and eats small birds and animals

柯林斯英英字典

• A bird of prey is a bird such as an eagle or a hawk that kills and eats other birds and animals.