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
- 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。 - A large African bird of prey ( Sagittarius serpentarius) with long legs and a crest of quills at the back of the head.
一种大型的非洲食肉鸟（蛇鹫），腿长，脑后长有长羽集起的羽冠。 - Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.
夜间活动的捕食鸟，有类鹰的喙和爪，大头并有前视的眼睛。 - 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。 - 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。 - He is a young eagle, a bird of prey.
他是一只年轻的鹰，一只猛禽。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。