piranha

英 [pɪˈrɑːnə]

美 [pɪˈrɑːnə]

n.  水虎鱼，锯脂鲤(南美的一种捕食动物的小淡水鱼)

复数：piranhas　

BNC.27440 / COCA.26532

牛津词典

noun

• 水虎鱼，锯脂鲤（南美的一种捕食动物的小淡水鱼）
  a small S American freshwater fish that attacks and eats live animals

柯林斯词典

• 水虎鱼；食人鲳
  Apiranhais a small, fierce fish which is found in South America.

英英释义

noun

• small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
  Synonym:piranacaribe
• someone who attacks in search of booty
  Synonym:marauderpredatorvulture

双语例句

• 'In Piranha, there's lots of cool people. It's about a lot of fish that eat a lot of buff boys and big-boobied girls.
  在《水虎鱼》中，有许多很酷的人，是关于许多鱼吃掉了很多帅哥和性感美女的电影。
• In 2010, Piranha 3D was released, allowing for a new generation of audiences to be horrified by the fish.
  2010年，影片《食人鱼3D》上映，让新一代的观众们也饱受食人鱼的惊吓。
• I say, instead of mailing the bonus checks to their houses, we put rocks on them and we put them at the bottom of an enormous piranha tank.
  我的办法是，不要将奖金支票邮寄到他们的家里，我们把奖金支票绑在石块上，再将石块沉在一个巨大的水虎鱼鱼缸的底部。
• Piranha fish live in the lakes, and electric eels.
  湖里有水虎鱼，还有电鳗。
• I liked to think of myself as a grown man, but consternation was eating away at my bravado like a starved piranha devouring its prey.
  我那时喜欢把自己看作是一个大人，但惊恐慌乱就像一条饥肠辘辘的食人鱼吞食猎物一般，渐渐攻破了我的虚张声势。
• Or I would throw her into the sea, so piranha would eat her.
  或者把她扔进海里，小鱼会把她吃掉。
• A pacu fish, known for eating human testicles, has been captured in Lake Lou Yaeger in Illinois, the Department of Natural Resources has stated. The fish is a relative of the piranha, which is known for its sharp teeth and vicious nature.
  美国自然资源部近日表示，美国伊利诺伊州劳耶格尔湖发现帕库食人鱼，据称这种食人鱼专咬男性生殖器，与以锋利的牙齿和凶残的本性著称的比拉食人鱼同属一类。
• The move followed a piranha attack last weekend in which a man surnamed Zhang suffered injuries to the palms of his hands while giving his dog a bath in the Liujiang River.
  此举的缘由是上周末市民张先生在柳江河边给小狗洗澡时，遭到食人鱼攻击，手掌被咬伤。
• Locals in the Amazon region often use piranha teeth to make tools and weapons.
  亚马逊当地人经常用食人鱼的牙齿来做工具和武器。
• Liuzhou's municipal authorities in Guangxi on Wednesday placed a heavy bounty on piranhas recovered from its waters, and would offer 1,000 yuan for every piranha caught, China News Service reported.
  据中新社报道，周三，广西柳州市官方悬赏钓剿所辖水域中的食人鱼，每条奖励1000元。