八八字典>英语词典>vulture翻译和用法

vulture

英 [ˈvʌltʃə(r)]

美 [ˈvʌltʃər]

n.  兀鹫; 秃鹫; 乘人之危的人; 趁火打劫的人

复数:vultures 

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.12004 / COCA.12983

牛津词典

    noun

    • 兀鹫;秃鹫
      a large bird, usually without feathers on its head or neck, that eats the flesh of animals that are already dead
      1. vultures circling/wheeling overhead
        在头顶上空盘旋的兀鹫
    • 乘人之危的人;趁火打劫的人
      a person who hopes to gain from the troubles or sufferings of other people

      柯林斯词典

      • 兀鹫;秃鹫
        Avultureis a large bird which lives in hot countries and eats the flesh of dead animals.
        1. N-COUNT 趁火打劫的人;乘人之危的人
          If you describe a person as avulture, you disapprove of them because you think they are trying to gain from another person's troubles.
          1. With no buyer in sight for the company as a whole, the vultures started to circle.
            由于公司目前找不到买主,趁火打劫者开始围攻。

        英英释义

        noun

        • any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
          1. someone who attacks in search of booty
              Synonym:marauderpredatorpiranha

            双语例句

            • Words that embody people or things in your periphery are "Redemption, Sentiment, Vulture".
              实现的词人们或事在您的周围是“收兑,情绪,雕”。
            • Trapped in the net, the vulture was resigned to his fate.
              而那落人猎入网中的秃鹫感叹着它的命运。
            • Finally, a single ray of light shot from out and fell full upon the vulture eye.
              最后,一个单一的光芒从俯伏充分的***眼。
            • We saw a vulture gorging on some rotting carcase.
              我们看见一只秃鹫正在贪婪地啄食腐尸。
            • Large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff.
              安第斯山脉的大型秃鹫,黑色羽毛,白色颈毛。
            • The turkey vulture could scent up to10 miles.
              土耳其秃鹫,能够闻到10英里以外的气味。
            • This product becomes by the red sandalwood lump fine vulture.
              本产品由紫檀瘤精雕而成。
            • This girl is circling like a vulture.
              这孩子像个***似的在盘旋。
            • Often you would see some dead animal floating by and a vulture or two would be on it, and the crows would flutter around it hoping for a bite.
              你常常会看到死去的动物漂过,一两只秃鹫就会扑上去,乌鸦们也会飞到那周围,希望能分一杯羹。
            • He's a bit of a culture vulture.
              他是个有点喜欢在文化上凑热闹的人。