| 释义 |
preyn.
1. spoil,booty战利品，掠夺物。
△H.V.4.4.81 (75):“The French might have a good prey of us,if he (i.e.the French foe) knew of it,for there is none to guardit but boys.”法国人要是知道只有男孩子担任看守，他们会来抢劫的。
△2H.VI.4.4.51:“The rascal people,thirstingafter prey,/Join with the traitor，”那些痞子乱民，渴望趁火打劫，参加那个叛贼一伙。
2. that which carnivorous animals chase,seize andfeed on; victim (猛兽、猛禽的)捕获物；牺牲品。
△2H.VI.2.1.196 (193): “I banish her my bed and company,/And give her as a prey to law and shame，”我就把她从我的床榻和身边赶走，并把她交出去，作为法律制裁和耻辱作践的对象。
△3H.VI.1.1.185: “Be thou a prey unto thehouse of York，”你就到约克家族当中去做一个牺牲品。
△R.III.4.4.105: “Thus hath the course of justicewhirled about / And left thee but a very prey totime，”人间正道循环，使你成了时代的牺牲品。
3. preying (on other animals),rapaciousness捕食（其它动物），掠夺。
△ Lr.3.4.93: “hog in sloth,fox instealth,wolf in greediness,dog in madness,lion inprey.”懒惰像猪，阴险像狐狸，贪婪像狼，疯狂像狗，凶猛像狮子。
△Mid.2.2.150: “And you sat smiling at his cruelprey.”你却看着它残害我而坐在一旁微笑。
Phrases:
in prey: in search of prey,engaged in hunting uponprey寻找捕获物，从事捕猎活动。
△H.V.1.2.169:“once the eagle England being in prey，”英格兰之鹰一旦外出捕食。
make prey: prey捕食。
△R.III.1.3.70 (69): “theworld is grown so bad / That wrens make prey where
eagles dare not perch.”现在世道变得太坏了，雄鹰不敢栖息的地方，鹪鹩却在捕食。
preyvi. chase and feed on animals捕食动物。
△Ado.5.3.25: “The wolves have preyed，”狼已经猎到食了。
prey on: chase and feed on (animals)追赶捕食（动物）。
△R.III. 4.4.56:“How do I thank thee that this car-nal cur / Preys on the issue of his mother’s body，”我该如何感谢你，这条嗜血的恶狗竟然捕食他自己母亲所生的后嗣。 prey[prei]n.猎物，牺牲品，牺牲者 v.掠夺，折磨
◇ fall prey to被…折磨
prey on (upon)掠夺，折磨，损害 |