preys

英 [preɪz]

美 [preɪz]

v.  捕食; 掠夺; 折磨
prey的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• See also:Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges...These animals were the prey of hyenas.bird of prey
• VERB 捕食；以捕猎…为生
  A creature thatpreys onother creatures lives by catching and eating them.
  1. The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them...
     其结果就是破坏食物链，使很多动物和那些以捕食它们为生的动物饿死。
  2. The larvae prey upon small aphids.
     这种幼虫以小蚜虫为食。
• N-UNCOUNT 伤害的对象；愚弄的对象；欺骗的对象
  You can refer to the people who someone tries to harm or trick as theirprey.
  1. Police officers lie in wait for the gangs who stalk their prey at night...
     警察设伏等待那些在晚上跟踪目标伺机作案的歹徒。
  2. This burglar thought old people are easy prey.
     这个夜贼觉得老人容易下手。
• VERB 欺凌，坑害（尤指弱者）
  If someonepreys onother people, especially people who are unable to protect themselves, they take advantage of them or harm them in some way.
  1. Pam had never learned that there were men who preyed on young runaways...
     帕姆从来不知道有人专门坑骗离家出走的年轻人。
  2. The survey claims loan companies prey on weak families already in debt.
     这项调查声称信贷公司专对那些已经负债的弱势家庭下手。
• VERB 不断困扰；折磨；使耿耿于怀
  If somethingpreys onyour mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it.
  1. The absence of children at Christmas preyed on Liz's mind...
     利兹因为圣诞节时孩子们不在而一直心神不宁。
  2. He had been unwise and it preyed on his conscience.
     他做得不太明智，这一直让他良心不安。
• N-UNCOUNT 受影响；受折磨；受害
  If someone isprey tosomething bad, they have a tendency to let themselves be affected by it.
  1. He was prey to a growing despair...
     他被与日俱增的绝望折磨着。
  2. You were both a prey to compulsions.
     你俩都太冲动了。
• PHRASE 受…控制；成为…的牺牲品；受…的影响
  Tofall prey tosomething bad means to be taken over or affected by it.
  1. On the flight from Paris to Toulon, Mechiche fell prey to panic...
     在从巴黎飞往土伦的航班上，梅希什惊慌失措。
  2. Children in evacuation centres are falling prey to disease.
     疏散中心的孩子正受到疾病的折磨。

双语例句

• ( ecology) a hierarchy of food chains with the principle predator at the top; each level preys on the level below.
  （生态学）一个食物链的层次：主要食肉动物在最顶层，每一层捕食其下一层。
• Pelagic tunicates play an important role in marine food web carbon cycle as they feed on bacterioplankton and pico-and nano-phytoplankton and meanwhile are preys for commercial animals.
  它一方面大量摄食浮游细菌和微小浮游植物，另一方面被一些经济动物摄食，因此在海洋食物链的传递和生态系统的物质循环中占有重要位置。
• The diet composition of primary preys of bullfrogs was significantly different among different islands.
  不同岛屿上的牛蛙在主要食物类型构成上存在差异。
• Qualitative Analysis of a Predator-Prey Model with Two Competitive Preys and Two Predators
  含两种竞争食饵和两种捕食者的捕食者&食饵模型的定性分析
• The shark preys on whatever it can attack and kill.
  鲨鱼捕食一切它可以攻击和杀死的东西。
• He's very charming and preys on older women.
  他非常迷人，靠欺骗年纪较大的女人过日子。
• Some can tear down preys at60 miles per hour, and launch all-out attacks in the blink of an eye.
  有些美洲豹可以在每小时60英里的速度下将猎物撕碎，并且在眨眼工夫下发动全部攻击。
• Step Two. A good hunter needs a good light to search for preys.
  第二步。好猎手当然需要一盏好灯来搜索猎物。
• The beast preys on living animals.
  这野兽捕食活的动物。
• And also we could be returning potential seed dispersers, predators, preys, etc.
  我们可能也同时保留了潜在的种子传播者、狩猎者或猎物等等。