【carnivore】 - A-level备考词汇

carnivore

UK:  ['kɑː(r)nɪvɔː(r)]

US:  ['kɑrnɪ.vɔr]

复数：carnivores  

n.

1.食肉生物

2.肉食动物

3.【生物学】食肉动物;食虫植物

1 . Just this fall, a team of researchers announced that they had found a new species of carnivore lurking in one of Madagascar's lakes.
这个秋天，一个研究组宣布他们在马达加斯加的一个湖中发现了一种食虫植物。

2 . I have long been a vociferous carnivore, and yet I have never witnessed the end of an animal I am going to eat.
我一直是一个宣传食肉的人，但我从来没有亲眼目睹过一个将要被我吃的动物的结局。

3 . Even though it is not a carnivore, it has a very powerful and venomous bite and is easily provoked into attacking.
虽然它并不是肉食类动物，但它却有着非常强劲而有毒的牙齿，而且容易被激起攻击欲。

4 . The potential new species of carnivore in Borneo would be the first since the discovery of the Borneo ferret-badger in 1895, the WWF said.
报道说，这是自1895年婆罗洲鼬獾被发现之后，人们在该地区发现的首个可能存在的新的食肉类动物。

5 . This porcupine carcass stuffed with a steep-inducing plat is ideal for putting a large carnivore out of action.
塞满麻醉植物的箭猪尸体是使大型食肉动物丧失行动能力的理想物品。