| 单词 | bird of prey |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbird of prey bird of prey n. a bird that kills and feeds on other animals; a raptor (cf. of prey at prey n. 4a); also figurative.Used chiefly of birds belonging to the orders Accipitriformes (hawks, eagles, vultures, kites), Falconiformes (falcons and caracaras), and Strigiformes (owls). Cf. beast of prey n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > [noun] > member of eaglec1350 alieta1398 bird of preya1398 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. 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 1854 J. Garrett Let. 1 Dec. in C. Darwin Corr. (1989) V. 242 Birds of Prey,..after feeding on the seed-eating birds, cast up the seeds uninjured. 2016 Daily Tel. 12 May 30/6 Farmers, birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts have been encouraged to look out for Montagu's harrier, the UK's rarest breeding bird of prey, as they embark on their breeding season. bird 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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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