prey

[prei]

n.牺牲者, 被掠食者
vi.掠夺, 捕食, 使 ... 苦恼

例句与用法：

The thought that he was responsible for her death preyed on his mind.

他一想到自己对她的死负有责任就感到心如刀割。

Fear of the consequences preyed on her mind.

她担心其后果而惴惴不安。

Strong animals prey upon weaker ones.

弱肉强食。

The lion seized its prey and ate it.

狮子抓住猎物，把它吃了。

Cares preyed upon her health.

忧虑损害了她的健康。

词形变化：

名词: preyer | 动词过去式: preyed | 动词过去分词: preyed | 动词现在分词: preying | 动词第三人称单数: preys |

n.[U]

1. 被捕食的动物[S1][(for/to)]

The deer fell (a) prey to the lion.

那鹿成了狮子的猎物。

The lion was hunting for its prey.

狮子在觅食。

2. 牺牲者; 牺牲品[S1][(+for/to)]

She fell (a) prey to lovesickness.

她为相思病所折磨。

She fell (a) prey to melancholy.

她为忧郁所折磨。

3. 捕食

vi.[(+on/upon)]

1. 捕食, 攫食

The owl preys on mice.

猫头鹰捕食老鼠。

Foxes prey on rabbits.

狐狸猎食兔子。

2. 掠夺, 劫掠; 诈取

3. (疾病等)折磨, 损害

His anxiety about his father preyed on his mind.

他对父亲的挂虑使他内心惴惴不安。

短语词组：

prey on

1. 捕食

Cats prey on birds and mice.

猫捕食鸟和鼠。

prey

过去式：preyed

过去分词：preyed

现在进行时：preying

词形变化：

名词: preyer | 动词过去式: preyed | 动词过去分词: preyed | 动词现在分词: preying | 动词第三人称单数: preys |

词义辨析：

同义:

n.捕猎; 被捕食的动物

quarry

game

the hunted

victim

mark

kill

spoil

sitting duck

v.捕食, 捉

prey on or upon

feed upon

catch hold of

hunt

kill

eat

devour

attack

pounce

consume

exploit

use

v.使牺牲, 强迫

victimize

coerce

intimidate

strong-arm

bully

terrorize

v.掠夺, 袭击

pillage

depredate

loot

sack

ransack

pirate

raid

raven

ravage

ravish

despoil

spoil

v.重压, 压迫; 阻碍; 妨害

oppress

weigh one down

rest hard upon

lie heavy upon

weight down

encumber

cumber

tax

overburden

burden

prey[prei]n.1.■被捕的动物；捕获物2.■牺牲者，牺牲品3.■捕获；捕食；捕食的习惯4.■[古语]掠夺品；战利品vi.1.■掠夺，抢夺，抢劫：The villagers were preyed on by bandits from the hills.村民们受到山里强盗的抢劫。2.■捕食；攫食：Cats prey on birds and mice.猫捕食鸟类及老鼠。3.■使某一阶层的人受害：The oppressed people will never allow themselves to be preyed upon any longer by others.被压迫人民决不听任其他人再对他们的掠夺。4.■伤害，损害；使烦恼：This problem has been preying on my mind all day.这个问题整天都在折磨我。5.■[贬义](人)靠欺诈为生：He's very charming and preys on rich widows.他长得很英俊，专靠耍弄有钱的寡妇。easy prey容易猎取的动物头脑简单的人，轻信的人；容易受骗的人，容易上钩的受害者fall (或 be,become) a prey to被…所折磨(或苦恼)；成为…的牺牲品；被…所俘虏make a prey of把…当作食物，把…当作捕获物seek after one's prey打食，寻找捕获物；寻求战利品

1. an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food
   被捕食的动物；捕获物
   the kestrel is ready to pounce on unsuspecting prey.
   红隼准备扑向毫无戒备的猎物。
   ■a person or thing easily injured or taken advantageof
   受损害者，牺牲品
   he was easy prey for the two con men.
   他总是轻易上那两个骗子的当。
   ■a person who is vulnerable to distressing emotions or beliefs
   （情绪或信仰易受伤害的）脆弱的人
   the settlers become prey to nameless fears.
   移民受到莫名恐惧的折磨。
   ■(archaic)plunder or (in biblical use) a prize
   (古)掠夺品，（《圣经》中）战利品
   

1. [no obj.](prey on/upon)hunt and kill for food
   捕食
   small birds that prey on insect pests.
   捕食害虫的小鸟。
   ■take advantage of; exploit or injure
   利用；剥削；伤害
   this is a mean type of theft by ruthless people preying on the elderly.
   这是无情之徒利用老人弱势的一种卑鄙偷窃。
   ■cause constant trouble and distress to
   折磨；损害；使痛苦；使烦恼
   the problem had begun to prey on my mind.
   这个问题已经开始折磨我。
   

1. be hunted and killed by
   被…捕食
   small rodents fell prey to domestic cats.
   小啮齿动物成为家猫的猎物。
   ■be vulnerable to or overcome by
   受…伤害；被…战胜
   he would often fall prey to melancholy.
   他常常受到忧伤的折磨。
   

1. Middle English (also denoting plunder taken in war): the noun from Old French preie, from Latin praeda 'booty', the verb from Old French preier, based on Latin praedari 'seize as plunder', from praeda
   

prey

名词 prey:

a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence

同义词：quarry, target, fair game

animal hunted or caught for food

同义词：quarry

动词 prey:

profit from in an exploitatory manner

同义词：feed

prey on or hunt for

同义词：raven, predate

prey

■Roaring lions tearing their prey open their mouths wide against me.

13他们向我张口，好像抓撕吼叫的狮子。

■The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

21少壮狮子吼叫，要抓食，向神寻求食物。

■From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

29从那里窥看食物，眼睛远远观望。

■Is My inheritance a speckled bird of prey to Me?

9我的产业，对于我岂是斑点的鸷鸟么?

■A big eagle stooped at a prey.

一只大鹰扑向一只猎物。

■A cat slinking through the grass toward its prey.

一只猫偷偷地穿过草丛向猎物扑去

■A hawk was hovering over its prey.

一只老鹰在其猎物上空盘旋。

■A flea has smaller fleas to prey on them, and these have smaller still to bite them, and so proceed ad infinitum.

一只跳蚤有更小的跳蚤咬它，而后者有更小的咬它们，如此以至无穷。

■A hawk is hovering over its prey.

一只鹰正在猎物头顶盘旋。

■Hornbills are not commonly a leopard prey item.

一般情况下犀鸟不是猎豹的捕猎对象。

■Ground spider that hunts its prey instead of using a web.

不用网猎取食物的地面蜘蛛。

■Don't fall prey to these fallacious messages.

不要成为那些恶意信息的牺牲品。

■It has a long pointy beak for spearing its prey.

丹顶鹤有一个锋利的长喙，能够戳穿食物。

■It have a long pointy beak for spearing its prey.

丹顶鹤有唯一锋利的长喙，能够戳穿吃的东西。

■Tarsiers prey mainly on insects.

主要捕食昆虫。

■I've been prey to arthritis ever since I was forty.

从40岁开始，我就深受关节炎之苦。

■The think that he is responsible for her death prey on his mind.

他一想到自己对她的死负有责任就感到心如刀割。

■He became a prey to the wicked woman's wiles.

他中了那个邪女的奸计。

■He fell a prey to melancholy.

他为忧郁所折磨。

■He leveled his gun at the prey.

他举枪瞄准猎物。

■They were balked of their prey.

他们受阻捕不到猎物。

■They were like a tiger lying in wait for its prey.

他们就像老虎候食一样守在那里。

■They were like a tiger lying in ambush for its prey .

他们就象老虎候食一样守在那里。

■They can sense their prey with a keen awareness.

他们有敏锐的感官，可以发现认定的猎物。

■They believed that the serpent was capable of fascinating its prey.

他们相信蛇具备蛊惑猎物的能力。

■They fell themselves a prey.

他们自己也成了牺牲品了。

■As a tiger stalks his prey, they hunted him.

他们追捕他犹如猛虎捕食。

■He moved like a tiger stalking its prey.

他像老虎一样悄悄潜近他的猎物。

■He guarded prey to the counting-house.

他押着他的俘虏到帐房间去。

■He is a young eagle, a bird of prey.

他是一只年轻的鹰，一只猛禽。

■He was watching her like a hawk watching its prey.

他注视着她，就像一只鹰注视着它的猎物。

■He saw that they sought to prey upon his riches and his youth.

他知道他们在千方百计地诈取他的财富，损害他的青春。

■He was the prey of a throng of novel sensations.

他被一大堆新的感触控制住了。

■A beast of prey He found her an easy prey.

他觉得她可欺。她为忧郁所折磨。

■That man is destined to be a prey to women.

他那个人天生是给女人玩弄的。

■Any of various similar birds of prey.

任何类似的猛禽

■But the developers also fell prey to one-upmanship.

但是开发商也失去了高人一等的作风。

■How do you throw the hunter off the scent? Get rid of the prey.

你怎么才能逃过猎人的鼻子?扔掉猎物。

■Your random firing will scare away the prey.

你胡乱打枪，会吓跑猎物的。

■Have you seen frenzied hunt their prey of pigs?

你见过疯狂追捕猎物的猪吗?

■American children often fall prey to sexual abuse.

儿童是性侵犯的受害者。

■Foxes prey farthest from their earths.

兔子不吃窝边草。

■Don't let the prey get away.

别让这些猎物逃了。

■At nightfall they came out to hunt for prey.

到了夜里，牠们会出来猎食。

■Any of various slender, narrow-winged hawks of the genus Circus, such as the marsh hawk, that prey on small animals.

各种瘦长窄翅膀的、以捕食小动物为生的鹞属鹰类中的任何一种，例如丛林鹰

■Mammals such as whales and walrus in turn feed on this small prey.

哺乳动物如鲸鱼，海象反过来捕食这些小猎物。

■In those far-off times Viking pirates used to prey o the coasts of Europe.

在很久以前，北欧海盗常在欧洲沿海一带进行掠夺。

■In those far- off times Viking pirates used to prey on the coasts of Europe.

在那些遥远的时代里，北欧海盗经常在欧洲海岸一带进行掠夺。

■She fell an easy prey to his charm.

她一下子就被他迷住了。

■She fell (a) prey to melancholy.

她为忧郁所折磨。

prey on

1. 捕食

Cats prey on birds and mice.

猫捕食鸟和鼠。