| 单词 | carnivorous |
| 释义 | carnivorous (once / 5979 pages) adj Vegetables? Forget it. If you're into eating meat, meat and more meat, then you're carnivorous. Not surprisingly, the adjective carnivorous can be traced back to the Latin word for "flesh." Carnivorous eaters get their fill of other animals, so they've also got a reputation for being savage or predatory. So anyone who stalks around like a lion on the hunt could also be described as carnivorous, even if they're a card-carrying vegetarian. WORD FAMILYcarnivorous: carnivorously USAGE EXAMPLESFor Canadians, another carnivorous year of war started in 1916 with a New Year’s address from their prime minister, Sir Robert Laird Borden. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) Prepare to endure bad beginnings, survive a carnivorous carnival and climb slippery slopes. Time(Dec 21, 2016) Or hit Miller’s Guild for its carnivorous happy hour. Seattle Times(Nov 16, 2016) 1adj relating to or characteristic of carnivores the lion and other carnivorous animals 2adj (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals carnivorous plants are capable of trapping and digesting small animals especially insects Syn|Ant flesh-eating, meat-eating, zoophagous (of animals) carnivorous piscivorousfeeding on fishes predaceous, predacioushunting and killing other animals for food herbivorous feeding only on plants omnivorousfeeding on both plants and animals insectivorous(of animals and plants) feeding on insects anthophagous, anthophilousfeeding on flowers baccivorousfeeding on berries carpophagous, fruit-eatingfeeding on fruit grass-eatingfeeding on grasses phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous, plant-eating(of animals) feeding on plants saprophagous, saprozoic(of certain animals) feeding on dead or decaying animal matter saprophytic(of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter all-devouring(of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating apivorousfeeding on bees myrmecophagousfeeding on ants |
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