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vulture

音標['v?lt??] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 禿鷲, 貪婪的人
【法】 貪婪而殘酷者, 劫掠成性者

英文解釋:

名詞 vulture:

  1. any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
  2. someone who attacks in search of booty
    同義詞:marauder, predator, piranha

例句:

  1. Any of various North American vultures, such as the turkey vulture.
    美洲兀鷹,紅頭兀鷹北美禿鷲的一種,如紅頭美洲鷲
  2. His emblems are the spear and the burning torch; His chosen animals are haunters of the battle field, -- the vulture and the dog.
    他佩帶的徽記是長矛和燃燒著的火炬; 他的愛畜是兀鷹和獵犬---兩種戰場上的常客。
  3. They are all vultures round the bedside of the dying millionaire.
    他們都是圍攏在將要去世的百萬富翁床邊的貪心人。
  4. Vulture is a large bird usually with a head and neck almost bare of feathers.
    禿鷹是一種頭和脖子幾乎沒毛的大鳥。

詳細解釋:


vul.ture

n.(名詞)
Any of various large birds of prey of the New World family Cathartidae or of the Old World family Accipitridae, characteristically having dark plumage and a featherless head and neck and generally feeding on carrion.
兀鷲:西半球大陸新域鷲科或東半球大陸鷲鷹科大型捕食猛禽的一種,特徵是具有黑色羽毛和 * 的頭和頸,食用腐肉
A person of a rapacious, predatory, or profiteering nature.
貪婪的人:具有貪婪、兇殘或逐利性格的人

來源:
Middle English
中古英文
from Old French voltour
源自 古法文 voltour
from Latin vultur
源自 拉丁語 vultur

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