bird of prey

英 [ˌbɜːd əv ˈpreɪ]

美 [ˌbɜːrd əv ˈpreɪ]

n.  猛禽(捕食其他动物的鸟，如鹰、隼和猫头鹰)

牛津词典

noun

• 猛禽（捕食其他动物的鸟，如鹰、隼和猫头鹰）
  a bird that hunts and kills other creatures for food. Eagles , hawks and owls are all birds of prey .

柯林斯词典

• 猛禽
  Abird of preyis a bird such as an eagle or a hawk that kills and eats other birds and animals.

英英释义

noun

• any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
  Synonym:raptorraptorial bird

双语例句

• Is my inheritance a speckled bird of prey to me?
  我的产业，对于我岂是斑点的鸷鸟么？
• 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。
• Sometimes he was like a bird of prey, other times like a lamb.
  有时他像一只老鹰，有时他又像一只小羊。
• A beast/ bird of prey ( eg a tiger, an eagle) Iguanodon was a plant eater. Other meat eating dinosaurs would kill the Iguanodon to eat it.
  食肉猛兽[禽]（如虎、鹰）禽龙是草食动物。其它食肉恐龙会捕食禽龙。
• [ NIV] From the east I summon a bird of prey; from a far-off land, a man to fulfill my purpose.
  11[和合]我召鸷鸟从16东方来，召那成17就我筹算的人从远方来。
• This came on the heels of a string roles in independent films such as Toll Booth, Bird of Prey, One Good Turn, Entertaining Angels, Cadillac and Frontline.
  这是就跟着一个字符串的角色，在独立电影，如收费站，猛禽，一件好事，娱乐天使，凯迪拉克和前线。
• His black-lipped mouth was open just enough to show big yellow-stained teeth. the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill.
  它张开那张黑色嘴唇的大嘴，露出了变成黄色的大牙。欧亚大陆最大的肉食鸟；嘴嘴周围有悬垂的黑色羽毛。
• This lone bird of prey gets surrounded by thousands of starlings scaring him off.
  一只孤独的猛禽被数千只椋鸟团团包围的画面，这个时候，“猎人”反而变成了“猎物”。
• A common European bird of prey; dull brown with white-streaked underparts.
  一种常见的欧洲捕食鸟，暗棕色，腹部有白条。
• Large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles.
  以爬行动物为食的非洲大型长腿食肉鸟。