prey
英 /preɪ/ 美 /preɪ/
- n. 猎物An animal hunted and eaten by another animal.
- n. 受害者；受骗者Someone targeted for harm or exploitation.
- v. 捕食；欺凌；坑害To hunt animals or exploit vulnerable people, usually with on.
The owl watched its prey from a low branch.
猫头鹰从一根低矮的树枝上注视着猎物。
When natural prey becomes scarce, some predators move closer to farms in search of food.
当天然猎物稀缺时，一些捕食者会靠近农场寻找食物。
搭配
birds of prey 猛禽prey on small animals 捕食小动物fall prey to fraud 成为诈骗受害者
辨析提示
名词通常不可数；动词常用prey on；勿混pray。
词族
反义 predator
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