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
双语例句
- 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。 - This lone bird of prey gets surrounded by thousands of starlings scaring him off.
一只孤独的猛禽被数千只椋鸟团团包围的画面，这个时候，“猎人”反而变成了“猎物”。 - 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。 - 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。 - A common European bird of prey; dull brown with white-streaked underparts.
一种常见的欧洲捕食鸟，暗棕色，腹部有白条。 - A large African bird of prey ( Sagittarius serpentarius) with long legs and a crest of quills at the back of the head.
一种大型的非洲食肉鸟（蛇鹫），腿长，脑后长有长羽集起的羽冠。 - So the all England Club gratefully accepted the services of a full-time Falconer to patrol the courts with a swooping bird of prey, named finnegan, acting as a highly effective deterrent.
所以全英俱乐部欣然接受了一位专业驯鹰者的帮助，他训练出来的猎鹰“芬尼根”专门负责温网期间的场地巡逻，成为一个十分有效的威慑。 - 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。 - Large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns.
大型食肉性澳大利亚鸟，有类似伯劳的习性，将其捕获物刺穿在树刺上。 - And even the word "raptor" means "bird of prey."
甚至猛禽也是指猎食之鸟