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

• In that medium, he's built a whole range of animals, including peacocks, ibex, moose, sheep, vultures, sharks, and deer.
  他用这种方式创作了很多动物雕塑，包括孔雀、高地山羊、驼鹿、绵羊、秃鹫、鲨鱼和鹿。
• Scavenging hyenas and vultures.
  食腐性的土狼和秃鹫。
• The poisoning is deliberate, although it's actually aimed at lions and jackals rather than vultures.
  这种毒杀行为是人类故意为之，尽管投毒最初的目标是狮子和胡狼。
• 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？
• The vultures were already circling around the dead animal.
  兀鹰已经在绕着动物的尸体盘旋了。
• Vultures are known for their extremely keen eyesight.
  秃鹰以其极为敏锐的视觉而闻名。
• 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。
• Any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia.
  非洲和欧亚大陆的几种大型兀鹰。
• 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。
• They swept toward me like vultures and clamped handcuffs around my wrists.
  他们像兀鹫一样向我扑来，用手铐铐住了我的双腕。