preys

英 [preɪz]

美 [preɪz]

v.  捕食; 掠夺; 折磨
prey的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• See also:Electric rays stun their prey with huge electrical discharges...These animals were the prey of hyenas.bird of prey
• VERB 捕食；以捕猎…为生
  A creature thatpreys onother creatures lives by catching and eating them.
  1. 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。
  2. The larvae prey upon small aphids.
     这种幼虫以小蚜虫为食。
• N-UNCOUNT 伤害的对象；愚弄的对象；欺骗的对象
  You can refer to the people who someone tries to harm or trick as theirprey.
  1. 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。
  2. This burglar thought old people are easy prey.
     这个夜贼觉得老人容易下手。
• VERB 欺凌，坑害（尤指弱者）
  If someonepreys onother people, especially people who are unable to protect themselves, they take advantage of them or harm them in some way.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• VERB 不断困扰；折磨；使耿耿于怀
  If somethingpreys onyour mind, you cannot stop thinking and worrying about it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-UNCOUNT 受影响；受折磨；受害
  If someone isprey tosomething bad, they have a tendency to let themselves be affected by it.
  1. He was prey to a growing despair...
     他被与日俱增的绝望折磨着。
  2. You were both a prey to compulsions.
     你俩都太冲动了。
• PHRASE 受…控制；成为…的牺牲品；受…的影响
  Tofall prey tosomething bad means to be taken over or affected by it.
  1. 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。
  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。

双语例句

• It preys mostly on other snakes, even venomous ones.
  它主要捕食其它蛇类，甚至毒蛇。
• His misfortune preys upon his mind.
  他的不幸使她心中苦恼。
• Step Two. A good hunter needs a good light to search for preys.
  第二步。好猎手当然需要一盏好灯来搜索猎物。
• There is nothing here which preys upon them and is bigger.
  没有比它们更大的动物会捕食它们。
• The beast preys on living animals.
  这野兽捕食活的动物。
• Large metallic blue-green beetle that preys on caterpillars; North America.
  有金属般光泽的蓝绿色大型甲虫，捕食毛虫；产于北美。
• The spider preys onsmall flies and other insects.
  蜘蛛捕食小苍蝇和其他昆虫。
• Tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects.
  热带地区游走的蚂蚁，主要捕食其它昆虫。
• A person who preys on others; a shark.
  掠夺别人的人；骗子。
• For example, it is possible that another species that preys on the salamanders or its eggs has increased, therefore leading to the decline in its population.
  例如，可能另一类物种的数量在不断上升，它们以蝾螈及它们的卵作为捕食对象，从而导致其种群数量下降。