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prey

/prey/US // preɪ //UK // (preɪ) //

猎物,捕食者,牺牲者,牺牲品

Related Words

underdog劣势,弱者,劣势者,劣势方spoil破坏,糟蹋,弄坏,弄坏了quarry采石场,石矿场,石场,石料场mug杯子,杯具,杯子里的东西,杯子里的酒mark纪念,纪念品,纪念碑,纪念意义dupe欺瞒,欺骗,欺负人,欺负game游戏,游戏中,游戏中的quest追求,征求意见,探索,寻觅kill杀死,杀害,杀了,杀掉victim受害者,受害人pillage掠夺,抢夺,抢劫,攫取loot掠夺,抢夺,劫掠,抢劫martyr殉道者,烈士,殉道士,殉难者casualty伤员,伤亡人员,伤者,伤亡者chased追逐,追赶,被追赶的,被追逐的sufferer受难者,受害者,患者,受苦者raven乌鸦,渡鸦,乌鸦嘴,乌鸦的故事

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an animal hunted or seized for food, especially by a carnivorous animal.
    • : a person or thing that is the victim of an enemy, a swindler, a disease, etc.; gull.
    • : the action or habit of preying: a beast of prey.
    • : Archaic. booty or plunder.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to seize and devour prey, as an animal does: Foxes prey on rabbits.
    • : to make raids or attacks for booty or plunder: The Vikings preyed on coastal settlements.
    • : to exert a harmful or destructive influence: His worries preyed upon his mind.
    • : to victimize another or others: loan sharks that prey upon the poor.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nountarget of attack
Synonyms
casualty伤员,伤亡人员,伤者,伤亡者chased追逐,追赶,被追赶的,被追逐的dupe欺瞒,欺骗,欺负人,欺负game游戏,游戏中,游戏中的kill杀死,杀害,杀了,杀掉loot掠夺,抢夺,劫掠,抢劫mark纪念,纪念品,纪念碑,纪念意义martyr殉道者,烈士,殉道士,殉难者mug杯子,杯具,杯子里的东西,杯子里的酒pillage掠夺,抢夺,抢劫,攫取quarry采石场,石矿场,石场,石料场quest追求,征求意见,探索,寻觅raven乌鸦,渡鸦,乌鸦嘴,乌鸦的故事spoil破坏,糟蹋,弄坏,弄坏了sufferer受难者,受害者,患者,受苦者underdog劣势,弱者,劣势者,劣势方victim受害者,受害人

Examples

  • In this case, unlike the scenario of not being eaten, your hope is the bike thief will move on to easier prey.

  • Many barges were stuck at sea and became easy prey for pirates.

  • This is the longest known prey of a marine reptile from the dinosaur age, and may be the oldest direct evidence of a marine reptile eating an animal larger than a human, researchers report August 20 in iScience.

  • Bigger dingoes can hunt bigger prey, notes Letnic, which could have unknown impacts on Australian ecosystems.

  • The new cytosine-converting enzyme, however, was as lethal to mammalian cells as it was to bacterial prey.

  • And they prey on those that society will be least likely to believe.

  • As he relishes his triumph, a larger, grinning version of the man materializes in the background, eyeing his prey.

  • When it comes to protecting birds of prey, Illinois state law can be an ass.

  • Yes, Levine plays the role of a stalker and Prinsloo that of his “prey,” but she never comes across as a victim.

  • The trucking roads make it easier for predators to wipe out prey.

  • When a hungry lion is watching for prey, the sight of any animal will make him commence stalking it.

  • He usually seizes his prey by the flank near the hind leg, or by the throat below the jaw.

  • Now it seemed to crouch as though ready to spring, and I could hear the savage growling as of some beast of prey.

  • They appeared and vanished about the corners of the Islands and promontories like birds swooping after prey.

  • It was monstrous that this English damask rose should fall a prey to so detestable a person as the Comte de Lussigny.

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