prey

简单释义：

n.猎物；受害者；受骗者

v.折磨；掠夺；捕食 (on, upon)；损害 (on, upon)

网络被捕食的动物；掠食；掠夺者

变形：

第三人称单数：preys  现在分词：preying  过去式：preyed  

完整释义：

n.

1.被捕食的动物
2.捕获;捕食;〔古语〕战利品,掠夺品,赃物
3.食物,猎物;目标
4.牺牲者,牺牲品
5.俘虏;牺牲品;给…玩弄
6.饵料

v.

1.(猛兽、猛禽等)攫食,捕食
2.劫掠,掠夺,诈取
3.(疾病等)使人慢慢衰弱,消耗,折磨;使苦恼,损害

例句：

1. 4Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? b.
   4狮子若非抓食，岂能在林中咆哮呢？少壮狮子若无所得，岂能从洞中发声呢？

2. If anything, they actually seem to benefit from the poisons, becoming less likely to fall prey to their greatest enemy, the least weasel.
   要说有什么变化，实际上，它们似乎受益于这些毒素，变得不太容易成为最大敌人伶鼬的腹中之物了。

3. They are particularly effective at night, when their light-reflecting eyes allow them to see better than much of their prey.
   尤其是在晚上，其成效显著，因为它们反光的眼睛能使它们比大多数猎物看的更加清楚。

4. Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air.
   我定睛观看，见内中有地上四足的牲畜和野兽、昆虫，并天上的飞鸟。

5. down on its prey. Suddenly it was hit by an arrow. It fluttered slowly down to the earth, and blood was pouring from the wound.
   忽然它被一只箭射中，它摇摇晃晃慢慢落在地面，鲜血从伤口涌出。

6. One would have said that it was an appetite following its prey, and purposely without wearing the air of doing so.
   就象一个馋嘴跟着一个猎物，但又不显出有意这样做的神气。

7. She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he devoured men.
   在他小狮子中养大一个，成了少壮狮子，学会抓食而吃人。

8. Tiny spiders dripped from the wand and scurried toward their prey, growing rapidly as they went until each was the size of a man's hand.
   一群群微小的蜘蛛从法杖上落下，急迫地扑向猎物，边跑边长大，直至每个都变成手掌大小。

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