piranha

英 [pɪˈrɑːnə]

美 [pɪˈrɑːnə]

n.  水虎鱼，锯脂鲤(南美的一种捕食动物的小淡水鱼)

复数：piranhas　

BNC.27440 / COCA.26532

牛津词典

noun

• 水虎鱼，锯脂鲤（南美的一种捕食动物的小淡水鱼）
  a small S American freshwater fish that attacks and eats live animals

柯林斯词典

• 水虎鱼；食人鲳
  Apiranhais a small, fierce fish which is found in South America.

英英释义

noun

• small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
  Synonym:piranacaribe
• someone who attacks in search of booty
  Synonym:marauderpredatorvulture

双语例句

• Liuzhou's municipal authorities in Guangxi on Wednesday placed a heavy bounty on piranhas recovered from its waters, and would offer 1,000 yuan for every piranha caught, China News Service reported.
  据中新社报道，周三，广西柳州市官方悬赏钓剿所辖水域中的食人鱼，每条奖励1000元。
• The red-bellied pacu is the cousin of a very well-known fish that terrorizes swimmers in made-for-TV movies and on the big screen: the piranha, notes the Discovery channel.
  《探索发现》频道称，红腹帕库食人鱼是比拉食人鱼的近亲，比拉食人鱼非常有名，在电视电影中和大银幕电影中让游泳者感到恐怖。
• They dropped a microphone into a piranha tank that, at different times, held three groups of10 fish.
  在不同时段，科学家们把麦克风放在食水鱼水箱中，这个水箱中有10条食人鱼，它们为分3组。
• I say, instead of mailing the bonus checks to their houses, we put rocks on them and we put them at the bottom of an enormous piranha tank.
  我的办法是，不要将奖金支票邮寄到他们的家里，我们把奖金支票绑在石块上，再将石块沉在一个巨大的水虎鱼鱼缸的底部。
• Time for the ultimate killer's test: How would the piranha react to my duck?
  现在是终极杀手测试时间：水虎鱼会对我的鸭子如何反应呢？
• A pacu fish, known for eating human testicles, has been captured in Lake Lou Yaeger in Illinois, the Department of Natural Resources has stated. The fish is a relative of the piranha, which is known for its sharp teeth and vicious nature.
  美国自然资源部近日表示，美国伊利诺伊州劳耶格尔湖发现帕库食人鱼，据称这种食人鱼专咬男性生殖器，与以锋利的牙齿和凶残的本性著称的比拉食人鱼同属一类。
• Locals in the Amazon region often use piranha teeth to make tools and weapons.
  亚马逊当地人经常用食人鱼的牙齿来做工具和武器。
• The strawberry motif on the quilt hardly guarantees sweet dreams, and the stuffed piranha on top of the computer monitor won't help an ad writer produce snappy copy.
  被子上的草莓图案很难保证拥有甜蜜的睡梦，计算机显示器上的填充水虎鱼玩具将无助于广告作家写出漂亮的文稿。
• There are no piranha at sea.
  海里面没有南美小鱼。
• But in the dry season when ponds and rivers dry up and food becomes more scarce, piranha turn to meat-eating, usually in the form of other fish.
  遇上旱季河流和湖泊干涸时，食物变得匮乏，食人鱼就开始吃肉，基本上是吃其他鱼类。