predator

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tə/    美 /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
    — Hives should be positioned, oriented and protected to avoid predators and ensure survival in the meliponary. A study (pers. obs.) of predators shows that the main culprits in a Malaysian meliponary are frogs and lizards.
  2. Someone who attacks and plunders for gain.
  3. A sexual predator.

词形变化

predators plural prædator alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
ambush predator anti-predator apex predator cyberpredator hyperpredator interpredator kleptopredator macropredator micropredator nonpredator predator bug predatorial predatorious predatorism predatorlike predator satiation predator saturation Predditor predophile sexual predator sit-and-wait predator superpredator
相关词
predation predatory prey

词源

Borrowed from Latin praedātor, from praedor (“loot, pillage”), from praeda (“booty, spoils, prey”).
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