carnivore

pronunciation

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  • n.
    食肉动物,食虫植物

Word Origin

carnivore 食肉动物

carn, 肉。-vore, 吃,见herbivore.

Example

1. The red fox has become the most widely distributed carnivore on the planet .
红狐已经成为世界上分布最广的食肉动物种群。
2. " No carnivore worth its salt would pass up that kind of a meal , " he added .
“没有哪一种食肉动物会错过一顿如此大的美餐的,”他补充到。
3. The polar bear , which is native largely to the arctic circle , is the world 's largest carnivore species found on land .
北极熊主要生活在北极圈内,它们是已知的最大陆地食肉动物,而且还是最大的一种熊类。
4. An animal that escapes a komodo 's initial attack soon weakens and dies . The fierce carnivore tracks the wounded creature and dines at its leisure once the prey collapses .
逃脱科莫多巨蜥攻击的动物不久变得虚弱然后死去,这种凶猛的食肉动物会追踪受伤的动物,一旦猎物倒下便悠然自得的进餐。
5. Scientists have genetically modified cats by infecting their eggs with a virus containing a foreign gene-the first time this method has worked in a carnivore .
科学家们利用一种带有一个外源基因的病毒感染猫的卵子,得到了一些经过遗传修饰的猫这是该方法首次应用于食肉动物的研究。

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