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

• 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)
  食肉猛兽[禽]（如虎、鹰）
• 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。
• Sometimes, I'm not sure if you're supposed to be a bird of prey or a cat.
  “如果你应该是一个鹫或一只猫，有时，我不确定”。
• Stealth Design About Bird of Prey
  捕食鸟隐身设计分析
• Large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns.
  大型食肉性澳大利亚鸟，有类似伯劳的习性，将其捕获物刺穿在树刺上。
• 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”。
• This incredible sequence of pictures shows the enormous bird of prey closing in on its target.
  这组令人难以置信的图片显示了白头雕逼近和抓捕猎物的过程。
• 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。
• 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。