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
- Sometimes he was like a bird of prey, other times like a lamb.
有时他像一只老鹰，有时他又像一只小羊。 - Sometimes, I'm not sure if you're supposed to be a bird of prey or a cat.
“如果你应该是一个鹫或一只猫，有时，我不确定”。 - This incredible sequence of pictures shows the enormous bird of prey closing in on its target.
这组令人难以置信的图片显示了白头雕逼近和抓捕猎物的过程。 - 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。 - And even the word "raptor" means "bird of prey."
甚至猛禽也是指猎食之鸟 - 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。 - Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
夜间活动的捕食鸟，有类鹰的喙和爪，大头并有前视的眼睛。 - 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”。 - Its very difficult to observe the accurate migrant time of bird of prey, as they fly high and quickly with short stop in midway.
猛禽迁徙时飞得高、速度快、中途停留时间短，所以很难观察其准确的迁徙时间。 - 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。