carnivore

Word family nouncarnivoreCarnivoracarnivorousnessadjectivecarnivorousadverbcarnivorously

Related topics: Animals, Biology

car·ni·vore /ˈkɑːnəvɔː $ ˈkɑːrnəvɔːr/ noun [countableC]

1. HBAan animal that eats flesh 食肉动物 → herbivore, omnivore

2. EAT humorous someone who eats meat 食肉动物〔指食荤的人〕 → vegetarian

—carnivorous /kɑːˈnɪvərəs $ kɑːr-/ adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

carnivore• Their actual digestive system is that of a carnivore and so bamboo is an unlikely foodstuff to choose.• A first distinction is between herbivores and carnivores.• With certain carnivores, only the dominant male copulates with the females.• This huge flightless bird has regularly appeared in illustrated fossil books as a giant carnivore.• Stillman was a strict carnivore, allowing his patients to eat only lean meat, poultry, eggs, and low-fat cheeses.• For the carnivore, however, the football menu is more than adequate to quell your hunger.• It was like the scent of the carnivore in a zoo.• Their stooping posture was of a person melting down, slumping into the stance of a vicious carnivore.

Origin carnivore

(1800-1900) Latin carnivorus “flesh-eating”, from caro ( → CARNAL) + -vorus “eating”

词汇	carnivore
释义	carnivore Word family nouncarnivoreCarnivoracarnivorousnessadjectivecarnivorousadverbcarnivorously Related topics: Animals, Biology car·ni·vore /ˈkɑːnəvɔː $ ˈkɑːrnəvɔːr/ noun [countableC] 1. HBAan animal that eats flesh 食肉动物 → herbivore, omnivore 2. EAT humorous someone who eats meat 食肉动物〔指食荤的人〕 → vegetarian —carnivorous /kɑːˈnɪvərəs $ kɑːr-/ adjectiveadj Examples from the Corpus carnivore• Their actual digestive system is that of a carnivore and so bamboo is an unlikely foodstuff to choose.• A first distinction is between herbivores and carnivores.• With certain carnivores, only the dominant male copulates with the females.• This huge flightless bird has regularly appeared in illustrated fossil books as a giant carnivore.• Stillman was a strict carnivore, allowing his patients to eat only lean meat, poultry, eggs, and low-fat cheeses.• For the carnivore, however, the football menu is more than adequate to quell your hunger.• It was like the scent of the carnivore in a zoo.• Their stooping posture was of a person melting down, slumping into the stance of a vicious carnivore. Origin carnivore (1800-1900) Latin carnivorus “flesh-eating”, from caro ( → CARNAL) + -vorus “eating”
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