carnivorous

• adj. 食肉的；肉食性的

词态变化

英文词源

carnivorous (adj.)

1640s, from Latin carnivorus "flesh-eating, feeding on flesh," from caro (genitive carnis) "flesh" (see carnage) + vorare "to devour" (see voracity).

双语例句

1. Snakes are carnivorous.

蛇是食肉动物。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Among the carnivorous animals are the leopard, lion, and tiger.

食肉动物中有豹子 、 狮子和老虎.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. 'The rat,'said O'Brien, still addressing his invisible audience,'although a rodent, is carnivorous.

“ 老鼠, ”奥勃良仍向看不见的听众说, “ 是啮齿动物, 但是也食肉.

来自英汉文学

4. The teeth of the ruminant are specialised, unlike those of a carnivorous animal.

反刍家畜的牙齿很特殊, 完全不同于肉食动物.

来自辞典例句

5. The traps of carnivorous plants function a little like the stomachs and small intestines of animals.

食肉植物的捕蝇器起着动物的胃和小肠的作用.

来自辞典例句