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n.牺牲者¹⁰;被掠食者，猎物vi.掠夺¹⁷;捕食⁷²;使…苦恼¹名词preyer过去分词preyed现在分词preying三单preys
动物总述抓捕自然节肢动物草食动物
n.名词
U被捕食的动物，猎物，牺牲品animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal U捕食习性，掠食way of life based on killing and eating other animals
v.动词
vi. 捕食，掠食hunt and eat as prey vi. 折磨trouble greatly vi. 人靠欺诈为生of a person live by getting money from sb who is weak trusting,helpless,etc. by influence,deceit,etc.
Noun:
a person who is the aim of an attack especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation by some hostile person or influence;he fell prey to muggers everyone was fair game the target of a manhunt animal hunted or caught for food
Verb:
profit from in an exploitatory manner;He feeds on her insecurity prey on or hunt for;These mammals predate certain eggs 来自拉丁词根pred-掠夺，在法语中发生音变，末尾辅音字母d脱落，中间的单元音字母e变成双元音字母ey。prey on捕食bird of prey食肉鸟beast of prey食肉兽,猛兽…prey fish饵料鱼predator prey relationship捕食者 猎物的关系…prey on someone's mind使某人苦恼,紧紧压在…birds of prey名词bird of …be a prey to被 … 所俘获;…fall a prey to被prey upon 捕食become a prey to被easy prey容易捕获的猎物,容易…prey upon someone's mind使某人苦恼,紧紧压在…fall prey to成为 … 的牺牲…
GRE难词记忆prey→pyre n.火葬柴堆→把牺牲品放在火葬柴堆上，准备火化GRE红宝书源自prehend 抓住；apprehend 抓住；pray 吧，要吃你了 pyren.火葬柴堆⇒把牺牲品放在火葬柴堆上，准备火化联想记忆心中暗自祈祷pray不要成为受害者prey联想记忆心中暗自祈祷pray不要成为猎物prey近义词 eat吃tax税one一the那or或者of关于use使用lie躺下kill杀死game游戏hunt狩猎sack袋子mark记号feed喂养hold拿着down向下hard硬的duck鸭肉spoil宠坏catch赶上weigh衡量target目标devour吞食pounce猛扑attack攻击coerce强制loot掠夺品pirate海盗ravish强奸ravage毁坏cumber拖累burden负担prey牺牲者weight重量raven大乌鸦consume消耗exploit剥削pillage掠夺despoil夺取upon在 … 上on在 … 之上quarry采石场victim受害者raid突然袭击encumber妨害depredate掠夺oppress使烦恼heavy大量的intimidate胁迫rest剩余的部分victimize使牺牲bully欺凌弱小者ransack彻底搜索sitting就餐时段strong-arm强制的lie heavy upon累terrorize令人恐怖catch hold of抓住overburden使负担过重predate在日期上早于…weight down + adv. 使 …fair game准许猎取的鸟兽…feed upon 满足于用 … 喂…hunted动词hunt的过去式,动…sitting duck易被击中的目标…
用作名词(n.The lion was hunting for its prey.狮子在寻找猎物。
A tiger is a beast of prey.老虎是食肉的野兽。用作动词v.
用作不及物动词
S+～+AStronger animals prey on weaker ones.弱肉强食。
This problem has been preying on my mind all day.这个问题让我伤了整整一天脑筋。
He is very charming and preys on rich widows.他长得很英俊，专靠耍弄有钱的寡妇为生。
v.动词
prey用作动词时不及物，常与介词on或upon连用，后接名词或代词作宾语。
动词75%,名词25%
用作名词She fellpreyto melancholy.她为忧郁所折磨。
She was easypreyfor dishonest salesmen.她很容易地让奸商敲了竹杠。
The lion seized itspreyand ate it.狮子抓住猎物，把它吃了。
The eagle seized itspreyin a tenacious grip.鹰将捕获物紧紧抓住。用作不及物动词In those far- off times Viking pirates used topreyon the coasts of Europe.在那些遥远的时代里，北欧海盗经常在欧洲海岸一带进行掠夺。
Stronger animalspreyupon weaker ones.强大的动物捕食弱小的动物。
Fear of the consequencespreyedon her mind.她担心其后果而惴惴不安。
The thought that he was responsible for her deathpreyedon his mind.他一想到自己对她的死负有责任就感到心如刀割。 He remembered that a bird of prey came down to his crib, inserted its tail feathers in his mouth, and moved them about.
莱奥纳多曾回忆有一只捕食的鸟飞临他的小床，用尾巴上的羽毛在他的嘴里扫来扫去。 yeeyan
In other words, in a state of nature, for that is pretty much what Palmyra is, the apex fishes’ prey seems to be in a permanently stressed condition.
换句话说，在自然状态下，因为这一状态几乎全都是象帕尔米拉岛那种情况，因此食物链顶端鱼类的猎物似乎持久地处于应力状态。 ecocn
The good news is that tigers can recover if they are protected and have prey to eat.
好消息是，如果对老虎加以保护，保证有可捕食的猎物，老虎数量是可以恢复的。 worldbank
We’ve caught one of the rarest moments in the fossil record, which is prey and predator, together.
我们抓住了化石记录历史上最珍贵的瞬间——掠食者和猎物同时出现。 yeeyan
Adults eschew such prey and typically feed on nectar or pollen, though some adults do not eat at all.
成虫会避免此种捕食方式，典型的以花蜜或花粉为食，虽然某些萤火虫成虫压根不进食。 yeeyan
Almost anything that moves and will go into that mouth, even up to half their own body size, is potential prey.
几乎所有能动的东西都会进到它们口中，即使体型有它们一半大，也是它们潜在的猎物。 hjenglish
And previous studies have shown that the presence of predators ups stress levels in prey, weakening their immune systems and making them more vulnerable to disease— and death.
加上之前的研究表明，捕食者的出现使被捕食者的压力水平升高，降低了它们的免疫系统机能，使它们更易生病乃至于死亡。 yeeyan
At night, the pit organs allow snakes to ' see' an image of their predator or prey— as an infrared camera does— giving them a unique extra sense.
在夜晚，窝器让蛇类“看到”捕食者或者猎物的图像——正如红外摄影机一样——赋予他们一个独特的额外感官。 yeeyan
For example, in the presence of bacterial food, the ancient ancestors turned on the expression of genes that allowed them to crawl around and engulf their prey.
例如，有细菌性食物时，古代的祖先会打开基因的表达，这些基因允许他们爬过去并且吞噬他们的捕食。 yeeyan
It remains unclear what the big bird hunted, but the researchers could not find any evidence for obvious specialization, such as dedication to plant consumption or aquatic prey.
现在尚不清楚这种大鸟的猎物是什么，研究者在过去没有找到任何能提供如植物消耗或水生猎物这样细化区分的证据。 yeeyan
It suggests that ecstasy is like wine, ; and wine is like an eagle clasping you; it's prey in its claws.
这里暗示着令人着迷的狂喜如同美酒一般，而酒又像是紧紧抓着你的鹰;,用它的利爪疯狂地掠夺着你所有的。163
It suggests that ecstasy is like wine, and wine is like an eagle clasping you; it's prey in its claws.
它表明那种幻觉就像葡萄酒，而酒像老鹰的爪子一样紧紧抓着你，你就是它爪中的猎物。 ecocn
Overfishing in the Channel Islands region may also be depriving the eagles of fish they would otherwise target as prey, the study says.
研究报告称，在海峡群岛地区的过度捕捞使鱼类数量减少，否则它们也将成为白头海雕的捕食目标之一。 yeeyan
So, it did swallow many of the beasts of prey on earth and also swallow people and their domestic animals from time to time.
这样一来，怪兽吞噬了大地上很多掠食野兽，有时还是会吃一些人和他们的动物。 yeeyan
Some of us start out slow, but acceleration can yield some surprising results when it comes to predators and prey, or basically anyone involved in a chase.
我们当中一些人一开始时可能很慢，但当涉及到捕猎者和猎物之间或任何一场追逐中，加速度可以让人出乎意料。 yeeyan
Some species weave designs into their webs, creating zigzag patterns that can either attract prey, like bees, in bright sunlight, or camouflage the net in the shade.
一些种类的蜘蛛能设计织网，设计出可以在明媚的阳光下吸引猎物，如蜜蜂，或在阴暗处能掩饰蜘蛛网的之字形图案。 yeeyan
Sometimes he whipped his prey, just as he had been whipped in the Nazi labor camp from which he escaped in 1944 before he could be sent to the gas chambers.
有时，他也会用鞭子抽打那些纳粹分子，就像他在纳粹集中营遭受过的折磨那样。1944年他逃出了集中营，否则，有可能就会被送进毒气室杀害。 yeeyan
The researchers say this could be due to a northward range shift in the mammal, a scarcity of the beast, or an increasing human preference for other prey species.
研究者说这有可能是由于哺乳动物向北部山脉移动、兽类短缺或是人类越来越偏爱其他的猎物种类造成的。 yeeyan
The force is so powerful that swirls develop inside the trap, further preventing prey from escaping after the trap door quickly shuts.
这种力量是如此的强大，以至于在陷阱阀门里形成了漩涡，诱捕阀门关闭后，进一步阻止猎物出逃。 yeeyan
The lion bounded on the prey.
那头狮子向猎物猛扑过去。《21世纪大英汉词典》
They are disgusting bottom-dwellers, and if that isn't the lowest of the low, they also have a spine that doubles as bait for prey.
他们是最令人作呕的海底生物，如果这还不是最贱的话，它们还长着一根在捕食时充当诱饵的肉质“钓竿”。 yeeyan
This is why snakes always stare at prey.
这也是为什么它总是盯着猎物。 hjenglish
When a predator is off in the distance, its prey— whether rat or human—powers up a forebrain network.
当实验中的捕食者在远处消失时，被捕食者——不论是人类还是老鼠——都会激活前脑神经网络。 yeeyan
Within days they will set off again to seek their prey.
几天后海盗们将再度出发寻找他们的“猎物”。 ecocn
Yet the prey can maintain their numbers by growing fast, reproducing fast and eating not just the next victim below them in the food web but also algae.
另外这些猎物可能通过快速生长、快速繁殖和不仅吃它们下级食物链上的生物而且吃海藻，来维持它们的数量。 yeeyan |