vultures

英 [ˈvʌltʃəz]

美 [ˈvʌltʃərz]

n.  兀鹫; 秃鹫; 乘人之危的人; 趁火打劫的人
vulture的复数

柯林斯词典

• 兀鹫;秃鹫
  Avultureis a large bird which lives in hot countries and eats the flesh of dead animals.
• N-COUNT 趁火打劫的人;乘人之危的人
  If you describe a person as avulture, you disapprove of them because you think they are trying to gain from another person's troubles.
  1. With no buyer in sight for the company as a whole, the vultures started to circle.
     由于公司目前找不到买主，趁火打劫者开始围攻。

双语例句

• Vultures are known for their extremely keen eyesight.
  秃鹰以其极为敏锐的视觉而闻名。
• They swept toward me like vultures and clamped handcuffs around my wrists.
  他们像兀鹫一样向我扑来，用手铐铐住了我的双腕。
• Animal flesh that rots is attractive to vultures.
  动物腐烂的肉体对兀鹰很有吸引力。
• The poisoning is deliberate, although it's actually aimed at lions and jackals rather than vultures.
  这种毒杀行为是人类故意为之，尽管投毒最初的目标是狮子和胡狼。
• In that medium, he's built a whole range of animals, including peacocks, ibex, moose, sheep, vultures, sharks, and deer.
  他用这种方式创作了很多动物雕塑，包括孔雀、高地山羊、驼鹿、绵羊、秃鹫、鲨鱼和鹿。
• Some have been taken care of by vultures.
  秃鹰也料理掉一些。
• Any of several large vultures of Africa and Eurasia.
  非洲和欧亚大陆的几种大型兀鹰。
• But because they thrive on the misfortunes of others, they are inevitably referred to as vultures or grave-dancers.
  但由于他们是在别人落难时借机生财，难免被比作“秃鹫”或“坟墓上的舞者”（grave-dancers）。
• Still, in the previous two weeks, Mr. Luc had caught nine Southeast Asian box turtles and Malayan snail-eating turtles, five elephant trunk snakes, a handful of water birds and two rare Himalayan griffon vultures.
  尽管如此，在过去的两个星期，陆云虎还是捕获了九只马来闭壳龟和马来食螺龟、五条象鼻蛇、少量水鸟，以及两只稀有的高山兀鹫。
• Soon after the lion makes the kill, vultures swoop in.
  狮子杀死猎物不久，秃鹫就抢进来。