predator

/pred-uh-ter, -tawr/US // ˈprɛd ə tər, -ˌtɔr //UK // (ˈprɛdətə) //

掠夺者,掠食者,大鳄,天敌

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms: Cats are carnivorous predators.
- : a person or group that plunders, pillages, or robs, as in war: The Vikings were barbarian predators.
- : a person, group, or business that exploits, victimizes, or preys on others: a sexual predator who targets children;corporate predators who go after smaller rivals.
- : an overbearing, greedy or selfish person.

nounhunter, killer

Forms: predators

Synonyms

When you remove top predators, herbivores like deer increase and they eat all the vegetation.
These new specimens we’ve examined reveal a bizarre, monstrous predator.
As top predators in coastal ecosystems, these furry floaters gobble down a quarter of their body weight in urchins, crabs and clams each day.
They would have been less like a pizza topping and more of a fearsome predator.
All animals need to avoid predators as they find food and shelter.
But when a serial sex predator is playing fanboy, the gag reflex kicks in.
The lascivious sex predator is out; the deep-pocketed caped crusader is most definitely in.
The Air Force has enough MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drones.
Amirpour sees the pimp as a liberator rather than a predator.
A man tracks her back to a building where the girl bares her fangs and devours him, reversing the role of predator.
Shortly after midnight Lockley had been awakened when a skunk defeated a hungry predator within a hundred yards of their bivouac.
Wasps in their predator state have been known to render spiders senseless, then bury them encrusted with eggs.
He envisaged a future free of pool hall smells and the glandular malfunctioning of his owner.

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Zoology. any organism that exists by preying upon other organisms: Cats are carnivorous predators.
- : a person or group that plunders, pillages, or robs, as in war: The Vikings were barbarian predators.
- : a person, group, or business that exploits, victimizes, or preys on others: a sexual predator who targets children;corporate predators who go after smaller rivals.
- : an overbearing, greedy or selfish person.

Examples

When you remove top predators, herbivores like deer increase and they eat all the vegetation.

These new specimens we’ve examined reveal a bizarre, monstrous predator.

As top predators in coastal ecosystems, these furry floaters gobble down a quarter of their body weight in urchins, crabs and clams each day.

They would have been less like a pizza topping and more of a fearsome predator.

All animals need to avoid predators as they find food and shelter.

But when a serial sex predator is playing fanboy, the gag reflex kicks in.

The lascivious sex predator is out; the deep-pocketed caped crusader is most definitely in.

The Air Force has enough MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drones.

Amirpour sees the pimp as a liberator rather than a predator.

A man tracks her back to a building where the girl bares her fangs and devours him, reversing the role of predator.

Shortly after midnight Lockley had been awakened when a skunk defeated a hungry predator within a hundred yards of their bivouac.

Wasps in their predator state have been known to render spiders senseless, then bury them encrusted with eggs.

He envisaged a future free of pool hall smells and the glandular malfunctioning of his owner.