vulture

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

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。

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无毛的头和颈，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