- 1/ˈpredətər/ · /ˈpredətə/掠食性動物;(嚴重)加害者、侵犯者
A predator is an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food, like a lion or a shark. The word is also used seriously for a person who deliberately harms or takes advantage of weaker or more vulnerable people, such as 'a sexual predator' or 'an online predator.'
示範例句 · Example
Sea urchins use their long spines to keep predators away.
逐字海膽用牠們的長刺來把掠食者擋在外面。
常見搭配
a natural predator
天敵
an animal that normally hunts a particular kind of animal
Rabbits have many natural predators, including foxes and hawks.
a top predator
頂級掠食者
an animal at the top of the food chain that nothing else hunts
Sharks are top predators in most warm seas.
protect something from predators
保護…不被掠食動物吃掉
to keep an animal safe from animals that would eat it
The thick shell protects the turtle from predators.
escape a predator
逃過掠食動物
to get away from an animal that is hunting you
A lizard can drop its tail to escape a predator.
core核心畫面
組成From Latin 'praedari,' meaning to plunder or rob.
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predatornoun/ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/
- 1
Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
- Hives should be positioned, oriented and protected to avoid predators and ensure survival in the meliponary. A study (pers. obs.) of predators shows that the main culprits in a Malaysian meliponary are frogs and lizards.
- So if you're the only thing worth eating in the middle of the ocean, the predator that grabs you will probably have gotten there by a Levy walk.
- 2
informalSomeone who attacks and plunders for gain.
- 3
slanginformalA sexual predator.
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