vultures

英 [ˈvʌltʃəz]

美 [ˈvʌltʃərz]

n.  兀鹫; 秃鹫; 乘人之危的人; 趁火打劫的人
vulture的复数

柯林斯词典

• 兀鹫;秃鹫
  Avultureis a large bird which lives in hot countries and eats the flesh of dead animals.
• N-COUNT 趁火打劫的人;乘人之危的人
  If you describe a person as avulture, you disapprove of them because you think they are trying to gain from another person's troubles.
  1. With no buyer in sight for the company as a whole, the vultures started to circle.
     由于公司目前找不到买主，趁火打劫者开始围攻。

双语例句

• Animal flesh that rots is attractive to vultures.
  动物腐烂的肉体对兀鹰很有吸引力。
• Back to your nest, you vultures.
  回到你的鸟窝里去，你们这帮秃鹫。
• A field covered with thousands of decomposing bodies; John Brown's body lies a-moldering in the grave; rotting animal flesh is attractive to vultures.
  覆盖着成千具腐烂尸体的土地；约翰·布朗的尸体在坟墓中腐烂了；腐烂的动物气味吸引了秃鹫。
• In that medium, he's built a whole range of animals, including peacocks, ibex, moose, sheep, vultures, sharks, and deer.
  他用这种方式创作了很多动物雕塑，包括孔雀、高地山羊、驼鹿、绵羊、秃鹫、鲨鱼和鹿。
• Any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia.
  非洲和欧亚大陆的几种大型兀鹰。
• And although they may not be the most appealing creatures, vultures form a crucial clean-up team.
  尽管秃鹫不是最吸引人的动物，它们却扮演着重要的清道夫角色。
• Some have been taken care of by vultures.
  秃鹰也料理掉一些。
• Does a gorilla weight equally with three vultures?
  一只黑猩猩加鹭鸶等于三只兀鹰的重量吗？
• But because they thrive on the misfortunes of others, they are inevitably referred to as vultures or grave-dancers.
  但由于他们是在别人落难时借机生财，难免被比作“秃鹫”或“坟墓上的舞者”（grave-dancers）。
• The poisoning is deliberate, although it's actually aimed at lions and jackals rather than vultures.
  这种毒杀行为是人类故意为之，尽管投毒最初的目标是狮子和胡狼。