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.
• 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
• someone who attacks in search of booty
  Synonym:marauderpredatorpiranha

双语例句

• This is the Ruppell's Griffon Vulture.
  这是一只鲁氏粗毛秃鹫。
• American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard. A bald eagle is a large white-headed eagle.
  美洲秃鹫，比红头兀鹰秃鹰是一种头上有白毛的大鹰。
• The pike, eels, and carp eat greedily always, as everybody knows& well, they feast on the vulture.
  谁都知道，那些梭子鱼、鳗鱼和鲤鱼吃东西时是很贪婪的，它们把那只兀鹰大嚼了一顿。
• Fall while fighting me, and you'll be vulture meat!
  下来跟我打吧，你将变成我秃鹰嘴里的肉！
• 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。
• 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”。
• On a snowy Spanish hillside in Aragon, a griffon vulture vies with a raven for a scrap of food.
  西班牙北部阿拉贡一处白雪皑皑的山坡上，一只兀鹫为一小片食物与一只大乌鸦争斗。
• Why won't vultures eat dead lawyers? A: there are some things that would gag even a vulture.
  秃鹰为什么不吃死去的律师？答：有些东西就连秃鹰吃了也会噎着。
• 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。
• Kid, we'd like to make you an honouray vulture.
  孩子，我们会让你做一只受人尊敬的秃鹰。