单词 | vulturine |
释义 | vulturine[ vuhl-chuh-rahyn, -cher-in ] / ˈvʌl tʃəˌraɪn, -tʃər ɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR vulturine ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveof, relating to, or characteristic of a vulture. resembling a vulture, especially in rapacious or predatory qualities: a vulturine critic. Also vul·tur·ous [vuhl-cher-uhs]. /ˈvʌl tʃər əs/. Origin of vulturineFrom the Latin word vulturīnus, dating back to 1640–50. See vulture, -ine1 OTHER WORDS FROM vulturineun·vul·tur·ine, adjectiveun·vul·tur·ous, adjectiveWords nearby vulturinevulpecular, vulpicide, vulpine, vulsellum, vulture, vulturine, vulva, vulvectomy, vulvitis, vulvo-, vulvodynia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for vulturinevulturine / (ˈvʌltʃəˌraɪn) / adjectiveof, relating to, or resembling a vulture Also: vulturous rapacious, predatory, or greedy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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