prey

出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第978页（441字）

【释义】：

n．(只用sing．)①被捕食的鸟兽等：The bird fell a prey to the cat．猫吃掉了这只鸟．②牺牲品，掠夺物：make a prey of把…当牺牲品．Before liberation landlords regarded their tenants as legitimate prey．解放前地主把佃农当成他们合法的掠夺对象．③(鸟兽等)捕食的习性或行为：beast of prey 食肉兽，猛兽．bird of prey 猛禽．④折磨，苦恼：be a prey to被…所折磨(苦恼)．

－vi．①捕食：prey on small birds捕食小鸟．②掠夺，抢劫，残酷剥削：prey on the farmhands残酷剥削长工．③折磨，苦恼：The disease preyed upon her health．疾病损害了她的健康．