vultures

英 [ˈvʌltʃəz]

美 [ˈvʌltʃərz]

n.  兀鹫; 秃鹫; 乘人之危的人; 趁火打劫的人
vulture的复数

柯林斯词典

• 兀鹫;秃鹫
  Avultureis a large bird which lives in hot countries and eats the flesh of dead animals.
• N-COUNT 趁火打劫的人;乘人之危的人
  If you describe a person as avulture, you disapprove of them because you think they are trying to gain from another person's troubles.
  1. With no buyer in sight for the company as a whole, the vultures started to circle.
     由于公司目前找不到买主，趁火打劫者开始围攻。

双语例句

• But from the foot-binding cloth hanging from the elm tree Second Granny doddered into the panting of wild dogs and the wings of vultures.
  而二嬷嬷却从吊在榆树上的裹脚带上，走进了野狗的呼吸中，秃鹫的翅膀里；
• Does a gorilla weight equally with three vultures?
  一只黑猩猩加鹭鸶等于三只兀鹰的重量吗？
• Vultures sometimes eat so much they can't take off again.
  秃鹰有时候会吃得太多以至于无法起飞。
• Vultures circling over a dead animal.
  在死的动物上空盘旋的秃鹫。
• Still, in the previous two weeks, Mr. Luc had caught nine Southeast Asian box turtles and Malayan snail-eating turtles, five elephant trunk snakes, a handful of water birds and two rare Himalayan griffon vultures.
  尽管如此，在过去的两个星期，陆云虎还是捕获了九只马来闭壳龟和马来食螺龟、五条象鼻蛇、少量水鸟，以及两只稀有的高山兀鹫。
• A cluster of vultures crouched on the carcass of a dead buffalo
  一群秃鹫蹲伏在一具野牛的尸体上。
• Scavenging hyenas and vultures.
  食腐性的土狼和秃鹫。
• A field covered with thousands of decomposing bodies; John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave; rotting animal flesh is attractive to vultures.
  覆盖着成千具腐烂尸体的土地；约翰·布朗的尸体在坟墓中腐烂了；腐烂的动物气味吸引了秃鹫。
• Vultures are known for their extremely keen eyesight.
  秃鹰以其极为敏锐的视觉而闻名。
• Soon after the lion makes the kill, vultures swoop in.
  狮子杀死猎物不久，秃鹫就抢进来。