新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

prey

英  [preɪ]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1[U 不可数名词] 猎物

    A creature's prey are the creatures that it hunts and eats in order to live.

    双语例句

    例:

    Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges.

    电鳐释放大量的电荷将他们的猎物击昏。

    例:

    These animals were the prey of hyenas.

    这些动物是鬣狗的猎物。

    2[U 不可数名词] (某人的)坑害对象

    You can refer to the people who someone tries to harm or trick as their prey.

    双语例句

    例:

    Police officers lie in wait for the gangs who stalk their prey at night.

    警官们埋伏起来等待捉拿那些夜间悄悄追踪作案对象的歹徒。

    VERB. 动词
  • preys , preying , preyed

    1[I 不及物动词] 捕食

    A creature that preys on other creatures lives by catching and eating them.

    近义词

    feed , hunt

    双语例句

    例:

    The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them.

    后果是破坏食物链,使许多动物和捕食它们的动物饿死。

    例:

    The larvae prey upon small aphids.

    这些幼虫捕食小蚜虫。

    2[I 不及物动词] 坑害

    If someone preys on other people, especially people who are unable to protect themselves, they take advantage of them or harm them in some way.

    双语例句

    例:

    Pam had never learned that there were men who preyed on young runaways.

    帕姆从来都不知道有些人专门坑害离家出走的年轻人。

    3[I 不及物动词] 困扰

    If something preys on your mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it.

    近义词

    weigh

    双语例句

    例:

    It was a misunderstanding and it preyed on his conscience.

    这是个误会,让他的良心很不安。