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
  Synonym:raptorraptorial bird

双语例句

• And even the word "raptor" means "bird of prey."
  甚至猛禽也是指猎食之鸟
• Stealth Design About Bird of Prey
  捕食鸟隐身设计分析
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A common European bird of prey; dull brown with white-streaked underparts.
  一种常见的欧洲捕食鸟，暗棕色，腹部有白条。
• The largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill. the azygous muscle of the uvula.
  欧亚大陆最大的肉食鸟；嘴嘴周围有悬垂的黑色羽毛。悬壅垂的非对偶的肌肉。
• The Community Structure and Season Change of Bird of Prey In Second Deciduous Broad-Levled
  次生阔叶林猛禽的群落结构及其季节变化