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
- Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
神话中的猛禽，有巨大的体积和力量。 - 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。 - The spotted owlet Athene brama is the most common but the least studied bird of prey inhabiting the agroecosystems of central Punjab, Pakistan.
横斑腹小鸮（Athenebrama）是巴基斯坦旁遮普中部农业生态系统中最常见但研究匮乏的猛禽。 - 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。 - 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。 - Large long-legged African bird of prey that feeds on reptiles.
以爬行动物为食的非洲大型长腿食肉鸟。 - 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。 - So the all England Club gratefully accepted the services of a full-time Falconer to patrol the courts with a swooping bird of prey, named finnegan, acting as a highly effective deterrent.
所以全英俱乐部欣然接受了一位专业驯鹰者的帮助，他训练出来的猎鹰“芬尼根”专门负责温网期间的场地巡逻，成为一个十分有效的威慑。 - He is a young eagle, a bird of prey.
他是一只年轻的鹰，一只猛禽。 - A beast/ bird of prey ( eg a tiger, an eagle) Iguanodon was a plant eater. Other meat eating dinosaurs would kill the Iguanodon to eat it.
食肉猛兽[禽]（如虎、鹰）禽龙是草食动物。其它食肉恐龙会捕食禽龙。