vulture

音标['vʌltʃә] 读音

汉语翻译

n. 秃鹫, 贪婪的人
【法】 贪婪而残酷者, 劫掠成性者

英语解释:

名词 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
    同义词:marauder, predator, piranha

例句:

  1. Any of various North American vultures, such as the turkey vulture.
    美洲兀鹰,红头兀鹰北美秃鹫的一种,如红头美洲鹫
  2. His emblems are the spear and the burning torch; His chosen animals are haunters of the battle field, -- the vulture and the dog.
    他佩带的徽记是长矛和燃烧着的火炬; 他的爱畜是兀鹰和猎犬---两种战场上的常客。
  3. They are all vultures round the bedside of the dying millionaire.
    他们都是围拢在将要去世的百万富翁床边的贪心人。
  4. Vulture is a large bird usually with a head and neck almost bare of feathers.
    秃鹰是一种头和脖子几乎没毛的大鸟。

详细解释:


vul.ture

n.(名词)
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.
兀鹫:西半球大陆新域鹫科或东半球大陆鹫鹰科大型捕食猛禽的一种,特征是具有黑色羽毛和 * 的头和颈,食用腐肉
A person of a rapacious, predatory, or profiteering nature.
贪婪的人:具有贪婪、凶残或逐利性格的人

来源:
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French voltour
源自 古法语 voltour
from Latin vultur
源自 拉丁语 vultur


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