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单词 beast of prey
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beast of prey
beast of prey n. an animal that kills and feeds on the flesh of other animals; a predatory animal (cf. of prey at prey n. 4a).Used chiefly of terrestrial mammals (cf. sense A. 3a). Cf. bird of prey n.
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the world > animals > by eating habits > [noun] > carnivore > predator
beast of preya1398
beast of ravina1425
fowl of reif1457
ravina1626
hunter1667
predacean1835
predator1908
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. i. 1099 Bestes of pray haueþ teeþ..scharpe þat þey mowen..come to þe pray and byte þerof gobettes and peces.
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iii. §8 Even beasts of prey are not such to those of their own kind.
1855 Harper's Mag. May 759/1 Birds of rapine and beasts of prey had left little more than the skeleton.
1997 Shetland Times 21 Nov. 12/5 Sheep farmers who are having their flocks attacked by beasts of prey such as wolverines and bears will not welcome the news that the country's wolf population is expected to shoot up.
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beast of prey
a. of prey: (of an animal, esp. a bird) that preys on other animals, predatory; chiefly as postmodifier in bird of prey, beast of prey. Also in extended use, of a person: that preys on other people. Cf. of rapine at rapine n. 3, of ravin at ravin n.1 2c.
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the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun]
bird of prey1340
fowl of chase1340
fowl of prey1340
fowl of ravin1340
accipitera1398
mittell1457
mittane?a1513
esalon1572
boyter1578
talenter1620
prey-bird1777
raptor1783
flesh-bird1796
raptorial1856
air pirate1885
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > spoiler or plunderer > [noun]
riflera1350
ravenerc1384
pillerc1385
preyerc1390
raptora1398
peelera1425
despoiler1467
spulyierc1475
pillardc1485
ruggerc1485
pollera1513
booty-fellow1530
spoiler1535
caterpillar1541
kitea1556
ransacker?1576
predator1581
lurdan1589
worm1591
scraper1598
pillager?1611
ravager1611
bird of preya1616
depredator1626
plunderer1639
expilator1658
shark1713
depredationist1828
spoliator1831
rapiner1843
ravisher1851
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 142 Uor þe uoȝeles of praye [Fr. oisiaus de proie], þet byeþ þe dyeulen.
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 309 Most hote briddes of complexioun and colerik, as briddes of pray, haueþ þe vtter partyes ȝelowe.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. fjv/2 Fawcons and other byrdes of proye.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Ciii v (heading) Haukes of pray syxtene kyndes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) ii. i. 2 We must not make a scar-crow of the Law, Setting it vp to feare the Birds of prey . View more context for this quotation
1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ iii. iii. §8 Even beasts of prey are not such to those of their own kind.
1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 51 Subject to the voracious Appetites of the Fish of Prey.
a1732 J. Gay Fables (1738) II. xii. 106 Yet this you do, whene'er you play Among the gentlemen of prey.
1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 157 Representatives of all the raptores, or birds of prey, vultures, falcons, and owls.
1942 National Geographic Mag. June 802/2 The numerous beasts of prey and pachyderms which are found in Africa.
1956 D. A. Bannerman Birds Brit. Isles V. p. v It is a sad fact that several of our most noble birds of prey can no longer be studied in what were once their native haunts.
2005 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 May (Westchester Weekly section) 8/1 They encircled the girls, like animals of prey looking for their lunch.
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