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
- And even the word "raptor" means "bird of prey."
甚至猛禽也是指猎食之鸟 - Diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail.
白天活动的肉食鸟，特征是翅膀短圆，尾巴长。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - A beast/ bird of prey ( eg a tiger, an eagle)
食肉猛兽[禽]（如虎、鹰） - Mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength.
神话中的猛禽，有巨大的体积和力量。 - 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。 - 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。