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

• And even the word "raptor" means "bird of prey."
  甚至猛禽也是指猎食之鸟
• He is a young eagle, a bird of prey.
  他是一只年轻的鹰，一只猛禽。
• 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。
• 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 large African bird of prey ( Sagittarius serpentarius) with long legs and a crest of quills at the back of the head.
  一种大型的非洲食肉鸟（蛇鹫），腿长，脑后长有长羽集起的羽冠。
• Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail.
  白天活动的肉食鸟，特征是翅膀短圆，尾巴长。
• Photographer Steve Shinn managed to snap the stricken bird of prey on its back after a meal of a coot near a nature preserve in Long Beach, California.
  摄影师斯蒂夫·辛在加州的西南部的长滩市的一处自然保护区拍下了这张照片：这只看起来有点受到打击的猛禽在吃完一整只白骨顶鸡后躺在地上起不来了。
• The largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill. the azygous muscle of the uvula.
  欧亚大陆最大的肉食鸟；嘴嘴周围有悬垂的黑色羽毛。悬壅垂的非对偶的肌肉。
• A beast/ bird of prey ( eg a tiger, an eagle)
  食肉猛兽[禽]（如虎、鹰）
• The Community Structure and Season Change of Bird of Prey In Second Deciduous Broad-Levled
  次生阔叶林猛禽的群落结构及其季节变化