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preyn.
1. spoil,booty戰(zhàn)利品，掠奪物。
△H.V.4.4.81 (75):“The French might have a good prey of us,if he (i.e.the French foe) knew of it,for there is none to guardit but boys.”法國(guó)人要是知道只有男孩子擔(dān)任看守，他們會(huì)來(lái)?yè)尳俚摹?br/>△2H.VI.4.4.51:“The rascal people,thirstingafter prey,/Join with the traitor，”那些痞子亂民，渴望趁火打劫，參加那個(gè)叛賊一伙。
2. that which carnivorous animals chase,seize andfeed on; victim (猛獸、猛禽的)捕獲物；犧牲品。
△2H.VI.2.1.196 (193): “I banish her my bed and company,/And give her as a prey to law and shame，”我就把她從我的床榻和身邊趕走，并把她交出去，作為法律制裁和恥辱作踐的對(duì)象。
△3H.VI.1.1.185: “Be thou a prey unto thehouse of York，”你就到約克家族當(dāng)中去做一個(gè)犧牲品。
△R.III.4.4.105: “Thus hath the course of justicewhirled about / And left thee but a very prey totime，”人間正道循環(huán)，使你成了時(shí)代的犧牲品。
3. preying (on other animals),rapaciousness捕食（其它動(dòng)物），掠奪。
△ Lr.3.4.93: “hog in sloth,fox instealth,wolf in greediness,dog in madness,lion inprey.”懶惰像豬，陰險(xiǎn)像狐貍，貪婪像狼，瘋狂像狗，兇猛像獅子。
△Mid.2.2.150: “And you sat smiling at his cruelprey.”你卻看著它殘害我而坐在一旁微笑。
Phrases:
in prey: in search of prey,engaged in hunting uponprey尋找捕獲物，從事捕獵活動(dòng)。
△H.V.1.2.169:“once the eagle England being in prey，”英格蘭之鷹一旦外出捕食。
make prey: prey捕食。
△R.III.1.3.70 (69): “theworld is grown so bad / That wrens make prey where
eagles dare not perch.”現(xiàn)在世道變得太壞了，雄鷹不敢棲息的地方，鷦鷯卻在捕食。
preyvi. chase and feed on animals捕食動(dòng)物。
△Ado.5.3.25: “The wolves have preyed，”狼已經(jīng)獵到食了。
prey on: chase and feed on (animals)追趕捕食（動(dòng)物）。
△R.III. 4.4.56:“How do I thank thee that this car-nal cur / Preys on the issue of his mother’s body，”我該如何感謝你，這條嗜血的惡狗竟然捕食他自己母親所生的后嗣。 prey[prei]n.獵物，犧牲品，犧牲者 v.掠奪，折磨
◇ fall prey to被…折磨
prey on (upon)掠奪，折磨，損害 |