英语词汇“preying”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	preying
释义	▪ I. ˈpreying, vbl. n. [f. prey v. + -ing¹.] The action of the verb prey; pillaging, plundering. 1588Kyd Househ. Phil. Wks. (1901) 276 In the olde time prayeng or robberye was not to be blamed.1651Hobbes Govt. & Soc. xiii. §14. 203 Preying is nothing else but a warre waged with small forces.1897M. Kingsley W. Africa App. i. 664, I hate the preying upon emotional sympathy by misrepresentation. ▪ II. ˈpreying, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing².] That preys; predatory, predacious; fig. wearing, baneful. 1611Florio, Alita, a kind of praing bird.1822–34Good's Study Med. (ed. 4) III. 74 Preying anxiety or lurking discontent.
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