| 释义 |
carnivore|ˈkɑːnɪvɔə(r)|
[a. F. carnivore, ad. L. carnivor-us flesh-eating.]
A carnivorous animal; one of the Carnivora. Also, a carnivorous plant.
1854Owen in Circ. Sc. (1865) II. 86/1 The..talons..enable the carnivore to seize the prey. 1881G. Allen Vignettes i. 5 Fighting with their teeth, like carnivores. 1884Pall Mall G. 14 July 5 Great tropical carnivores like the beautiful Sarracenias, with their ingeniously devised traps for luring unhappy insects to their living tomb.
▸ colloq. (freq. humorous or mildly derogatory). In extended use: a person who is not a vegetarian, a meat-eater.
1961J. Ciardi In Stoneworks ii. 58 There was still the problem of getting those Ten thousand vegetarian agitators in Istanbul To shut up and eat their blood puddings Like grateful little carnivores. That took some doing. 1984Washington Post 25 Sept. b2/1 And then there's the related Bambi syndrome. Lots of other carnivores gag on eating venison because of Walt Disney's sentimental anthropomorphic depiction of the young deer whose mother has been shot. 1997GQ Sept. 270/2 Its dishes, from polenta gnocchi to roasted fruit, should convert even ardent carnivores. |