英语词汇“vulturous”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

vulturous

释义

vulture /vulˈchər/

noun

Any of a number of large rapacious birds of prey, feeding chiefly on carrion, belonging to the families Accipitridae (Old World) and Cathartidae (New World)
Someone who or something that resembles a vulture

adjective

Of or resembling a vulture

ORIGIN: OFr voutour, voltour, etc (Fr vautour), from L vulturius, from vultur

vulˈturīne, vulˈturish or vulˈturous adjective

vulˈturism noun (Carlyle)

Rapacity

vulˈturn /-tûrn/ noun (obsolete)

The Australian brush turkey

vulture fund noun

An investment based on mainly hostile bids for poorly-performing companies

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