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

A vulture is a type of bird — with a bald head and neck — that feeds on dead animals.

One of the most fearsome birds is the vulture: this bird of prey feeds on almost nothing but dead flesh. Unlike other animals that hunt, vultures go after animals that were killed by other animals or died naturally. Vultures are scavengers looking for corpses. And because of their morbid tastes, vultures are often associated with horror movies and scenes of carnage.

WORD FAMILY

vulture: vultures, vulturous

USAGE EXAMPLES

Vultures, in the ancient world of Honduras, were a symbol of death and the transition to the spiritual world.

The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)

The tragic lesson of Syria is that when the eagle flies away, the vultures move in.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016)

Vulture 'restaurants' across southern Europe are serving up carcasses in an attempt to rescue these endangered birds.

Nature(Dec 20, 2016)

1n any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion

Hypo|Hyper

Aegypiidae, family Aegypiidae

in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae

Old World vulture

any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia

New World vulture, cathartid

large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures

Gyps fulvus, griffon, griffon vulture

large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings

Gypaetus barbatus, bearded vulture, lammergeier, lammergeyer

the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill

Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus, Pharaoh's chicken

small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia

Aegypius monachus, black vulture

of southern Eurasia and northern Africa

Cathartes aura, buzzard, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture

a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States

condor

the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere

Coragyps atratus, black vulture, carrion crow

American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard

Sarcorhamphus papa, king vulture

large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck

bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird

any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals

2n someone who attacks in search of booty

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

marauder, piranha, predator

moss-trooper

a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland)

aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker

someone who attacks

单词	vulture
释义	vulture (once / 1359 pages) n A vulture is a type of bird — with a bald head and neck — that feeds on dead animals. One of the most fearsome birds is the vulture: this bird of prey feeds on almost nothing but dead flesh. Unlike other animals that hunt, vultures go after animals that were killed by other animals or died naturally. Vultures are scavengers looking for corpses. And because of their morbid tastes, vultures are often associated with horror movies and scenes of carnage. WORD FAMILY vulture: vultures, vulturous USAGE EXAMPLES Vultures, in the ancient world of Honduras, were a symbol of death and the transition to the spiritual world. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The tragic lesson of Syria is that when the eagle flies away, the vultures move in. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) Vulture 'restaurants' across southern Europe are serving up carcasses in an attempt to rescue these endangered birds. Nature(Dec 20, 2016) 1n any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion Hypo\|Hyper Aegypiidae, family Aegypiidae in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae Old World vulture any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia New World vulture, cathartid large birds of prey superficially similar to Old World vultures Gyps fulvus, griffon, griffon vulture large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings Gypaetus barbatus, bearded vulture, lammergeier, lammergeyer the largest Eurasian bird of prey; having black feathers hanging around the bill Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus, Pharaoh's chicken small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia Aegypius monachus, black vulture of southern Eurasia and northern Africa Cathartes aura, buzzard, turkey buzzard, turkey vulture a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States condor the largest flying birds in the western hemisphere Coragyps atratus, black vulture, carrion crow American vulture smaller than the turkey buzzard Sarcorhamphus papa, king vulture large black-and-white vulture of South America and Central America; have colorful wattles and wartlike protuberances on head and neck bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals 2n someone who attacks in search of booty Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper marauder, piranha, predator moss-trooper a marauder and plunderer (originally operating in the bogs between England and Scotland) aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker someone who attacks
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