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prey 音标拼音: [pr'e] v. 捕食,掠夺;折磨,使苦恼
n. 被捕食的动物,牺牲品 捕食,掠夺;折磨,使苦恼被捕食的动物,牺牲品 prey n 1: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence; "he fell prey to muggers"; "everyone was fair game"; "the target of a manhunt" [synonym: {prey}, {quarry}, {target}, {fair game}] 2: animal hunted or caught for food [synonym: {prey}, {quarry}] v 1: profit from in an exploitatory manner; "He feeds on her insecurity" [synonym: {prey}, {feed}] 2: prey on or hunt for; "These mammals predate certain eggs" [synonym: {raven}, {prey}, {predate}] Prey \Prey\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Preyed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Preying}.] [OF. preier, preer, L. praedari, fr. praeda. See {Prey}, n.] To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence. [1913 Webster] More pity that the eagle should be mewed, While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. --Shak. [1913 Webster] {To prey on} or {To prey upon}. (a) To take prey from; to despoil; to pillage; to rob. --Shak. (b) To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize and devour. --Shak. (c) To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away; as, the trouble preyed upon his mind. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Prey \Prey\, n. [OF. preie, F. proie, L. praeda, probably for praeheda. See {Prehensile}, and cf. {Depredate}, {Predatory}.] Anything, as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder. [1913 Webster] And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest. --Num. xxxi. 12. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim. [1913 Webster] The old lion perisheth for lack of prey. --Job iv. ii. [1913 Webster] Already sees herself the monster's prey. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. The act of devouring other creatures; ravage. [1913 Webster] Hog in sloth, fox in stealth, . . . lion in prey. --Shak. [1913 Webster] {Beast of prey}, a carnivorous animal; one that feeds on the flesh of other animals. [1913 Webster] 79 Moby Thesaurus words for "prey":
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