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prey /prei; pre/ n (sing only) animal, bird, etc hunted for food: (僅用單數(shù)) 被捕食之動物 (獸、禽等)： The eagle was devouring its ~. 鷹在呑食捕獲物。 be/fall a ~ to, a be seized, caught by: 被…捕理; 被…捕食： The zebra fell a ~ to the lion. 那斑馬被獅子所捕食。 b be greatly troubled by: 深為…所苦; 深為…所折磨： be a ~ to anxiety and fears. 深為憂慮和恐懼所折磨… beast/,bird of '~，one that kills and eats others, eg tigers, eagles. 食肉獸 (鳥); 猛獸 (禽) (如虎、鷹) 。 vi [VP3A] ~ on/upon, 1 take, hunt, as ~ (1): 捕食;攫食： hawks ~ing on small birds. 捕食小鳥的老鷹。 2 steal from; plunder: 掠奪; 劫掠： Our coasts were ~ed upon by Viking pirates. 我們的海岸曾被威金族的海盜劫掠。 3 (of fears, etc) trouble greatly: (指恐懼等) 使苦惱： anxieties/losses that ~ upon my mind. 使我心中苦惱的憂慮 (損失) 。 |