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单词 carrion
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
car•ri•on /ˈkæriən/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. decaying, rotting flesh from a dead animal:Vultures feed on carrion.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
car•ri•on  (kar′ē ən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. dead and putrefying flesh.
  2. rottenness;
    anything vile.

adj. 
  1. feeding on carrion.
  • Vulgar Latin *caronia, equivalent. to Latin carun- (see caruncle) + -ia -y3
  • Anglo-French careine, Old French charo(i)gne
  • Middle English caroyne, careyn, carion 1175–1225

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
carrion /ˈkærɪən/ n
  1. dead and rotting flesh
  2. (modifier) eating carrion
  3. something rotten or repulsive
Etymology: 13th Century: from Anglo-French caroine, ultimately from Latin carō flesh
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