英汉词典

prey 基本解释

• vi. 捕食；掠夺；折磨
• n. 捕食；牺牲者；被捕食的动物
• n. (Prey)人名；(英、法)普雷；(德)普赖

prey 中文词源

来自拉丁语praeda,猎物，来自（缩写自）prehendere,抓住，握住，词源同prehensile,predator.引申词义捕食，猎捕等。

prey 英文词源

prey

prey: [13] Prey comes via Old French preie from Latin praeda ‘booty’ (from which was derived the verb praedārī ‘plunder’, source of English depredation [15] and predatory [16]). This was a contraction of an earlier praeheda, a noun formed with the prefix prae- ‘before’ from the same base (*hed- ‘seize’, source also of English get) as produced the verb praehendere ‘seize’.

This has been a rich source of English vocabulary, contributing through different channels such a varied assortment as prehensile [18], prison, and prize ‘something seized in war’, not to mention prefixed forms like apprehend. comprehend [14], comprise [15], impregnable [15], reprehensible, reprieve, and surprise. It is also the ancestor of French prendre ‘take’.
=> apprehend, comprehend, comprise, depredation, impregnable, predatory, prehensile, prison, reprehensible, reprieve, surprise

prey (v.)

c. 1300, "to plunder, pillage, ravage," from prey (n.) and in part from Old French preer, earlier preder (c.1040), from Late Latin praedare, from praeda (see prey (n.)). Its sense of "to kill and devour" is attested from mid-14c. Related: Preyed; preying.

prey (n.)

mid-13c., "animal hunted for food," also "that which is taken in war," from Old French preie "booty, animal taken in the chase" (mid-12c., Modern French proie), from Latin praeda "booty, plunder, game hunted," earlier praeheda, literally "something seized before," from PIE *prai-heda-; for first element see prae-; second element related to the second element in prehendere "to grasp, seize" (see prehensile).

prey 词组搭配

prey 英文释义

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"

2. animal hunted or caught for food

prey 双语例句

1. The spider must wait for prey to be ensnared on its web.

蜘蛛必须等待猎物被它的蛛网困住。

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2. Children in evacuation centres are falling prey to disease.

疏散中心的孩子正受到疾病的折磨。

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3. On the flight from Paris to Toulon, Mechiche fell prey to panic.

在从巴黎飞往土伦的航班上，梅希什惊慌失措。

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4. The survey claims loan companies prey on weak families already in debt.

这项调查声称信贷公司专对那些已经负债的弱势家庭下手。

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5. Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges.

电鳐能放出强大的电流把猎物击晕。

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prey 实用场景例句

The lion will often stalk its prey for hours.

狮子经常悄然跟踪猎物达几个小时。

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birds of prey (= birds that kill for food)

猛禽

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Elderly people are easy prey for dishonest salesmen.

老年人容易上狡诈推销员的当。

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Bogus social workers have been preying on old people living alone.

冒牌社会福利工作员不断坑害独居老人。

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Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges...

电鳐能放出强大的电流把猎物击晕。

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These animals were the prey of hyenas.

这些动物是鬣狗的猎物。

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The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them...

其结果就是破坏食物链，使很多动物和那些以捕食它们为生的动物饿死。

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The larvae prey upon small aphids.

这种幼虫以小蚜虫为食。

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Police officers lie in wait for the gangs who stalk their prey at night...

警察设伏等待那些在晚上跟踪目标伺机作案的歹徒。

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This burglar thought old people are easy prey.

这个夜贼觉得老人容易下手。

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Pam had never learned that there were men who preyed on young runaways...

帕姆从来不知道有人专门坑骗离家出走的年轻人。

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The survey claims loan companies prey on weak families already in debt.

这项调查声称信贷公司专对那些已经负债的弱势家庭下手。

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The absence of children at Christmas preyed on Liz's mind...

利兹因为圣诞节时孩子们不在而一直心神不宁。

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He had been unwise and it preyed on his conscience.

他做得不太明智，这一直让他良心不安。

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He was prey to a growing despair...

他被与日俱增的绝望折磨着。

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You were both a prey to compulsions.

你俩都太冲动了。

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On the flight from Paris to Toulon, Mechiche fell prey to panic...

在从巴黎飞往土伦的航班上，梅希什惊慌失措。

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Children in evacuation centres are falling prey to disease.

疏散中心的孩子正受到疾病的折磨。

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Peregrine falcons usually pluck the feathers and strip the flesh off their bird prey.

游隼捕到鸟类猎物时,通常是先拔掉它们的羽毛,再把肉撕下来.

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He found her an easy prey.

他觉得她可欺.

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Cats prey upon mice.

猫捕鼠.

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It attacks its prey with great ferocity.

它非常凶猛地攻击猎物.

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The insect anchored fast to its prey.

这昆虫紧紧地抓住它的猎物不放.

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The tiger anchor ed fast to its prey.

这只老虎紧紧地抓住猎物不放.

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The hawk chops upon its prey.

老鹰猛地向它要捕食的动物扑去.

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The leopard bounded on the prey.

那只豹扑向猎物.

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The snake injects the venom immediately after biting its prey.

毒蛇咬住猎物之后马上注入毒液.

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