vulture

英 [ˈvʌltʃə(r)]

美 [ˈvʌltʃər]

n.  兀鹫; 秃鹫; 乘人之危的人; 趁火打劫的人

复数：vultures　

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.12004 / COCA.12983

牛津词典

noun

• 兀鹫；秃鹫
  a large bird, usually without feathers on its head or neck, that eats the flesh of animals that are already dead
  1. vultures circling/wheeling overhead
     在头顶上空盘旋的兀鹫
• 乘人之危的人；趁火打劫的人
  a person who hopes to gain from the troubles or sufferings of other people

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。

英英释义

noun

• any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
• someone who attacks in search of booty
  Synonym:marauderpredatorpiranha

双语例句

• Kid, we'd like to make you an honouray vulture.
  孩子，我们会让你做一只受人尊敬的***。
• The pike, eels, and carp eat greedily always, as everybody knows& well, they feast on the vulture.
  谁都知道，那些梭子鱼、鳗鱼和鲤鱼吃东西时是很贪婪的，它们把那只兀鹰大嚼了一顿。
• The vulture answered, Don't mock me when I say this, that there is a wheat grain in the wasteland of the wilderness?
  秃鹫答：¨我若说出来你可别笑我，有一颗麦粒掉落在旷野的土地上。
• This product becomes by the red sandalwood lump fine vulture.
  本产品由紫檀瘤精雕而成。
• This girl is circling like a vulture.
  这孩子像个***似的在盘旋。
• A complete comparison on skeleton of Andean condor and cinereous vulture was carried out.
  对康多兀鹫和秃鹫骨骼进行了系统地比较。
• Large vulture of the high Andes having black plumage and white neck ruff.
  安第斯山脉的大型秃鹫，黑色羽毛，白色颈毛。
• Vulture is a large bird usually with a head and neck almost bare of feathers.
  ***是一种头和脖子几乎没毛的大鸟。
• It never occurred to the vulture that he could be trapped as he prepared to peck at the grain.
  秃鹫万万没想到就在它啄那颗麦粒的时候，却被罩住了。
• Trapped in the net, the vulture was resigned to his fate.
  而那落人猎入网中的秃鹫感叹着它的命运。