| 释义 |
prey /prā/ noun- The creature or creatures that a predatory beast hunts and kills as food
- A victim or victims
- A sufferer from (depression, fears, etc) (with to)
- Booty, plunder (archaic, rare)
- That which is preserved from loss in battle, eg one's own life (Bible)
- Depredation (rare)
- The act of seizing (Spenser, Shakespeare)
intransitive verb- (with on or upon) to hunt and kill (another creature) as food, to attack as prey
- To bully, exploit or terrorize as victims
- To distress or afflict
- To make depredations on
- To take plunder from
transitive verb (Spenser)To plunder ORIGIN: OFr preie (Fr proie), from L praeda booty preyˈful adjective (Shakespeare) Bent upon prey beast of prey and bird of prey see under beast and bird respectively. |