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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is a young eagle, a bird of prey.
  他是一只年轻的鹰，一只猛禽。
• 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 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。
• 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
• 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。
• Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
  夜间活动的捕食鸟，有类鹰的喙和爪，大头并有前视的眼睛。