vultures
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英 [?v?lt??(r)]
- n.禿鷲；【鳥】兀鷹；貪得無厭者
- 網絡禿鷲基金；禿鷲隊，禿鷲隊；禿鷹之地
詞形變化
復數：vultures
英漢解釋
英英解釋
例句
Amid grey mounds of dusty rocks we were able to see Egyptian vultures and steppe eagles.
在布滿塵埃的灰色巖石山丘上，我們看見了埃及禿鷲和草原鷹。
Farmers in parts of Europe are to be allowed to resume the practice of leaving dead livestock in their fields for vultures to feed on.
歐洲部分地區的農場主已被允許恢復將死牲畜拋棄野地的習慣，以供禿鷲食用。
As you say, creditors are roosting in trees like vultures waiting to swoop down on anything valuable.
你曉得，那些債主象兀鷹一般歇在樹枝上，伺機對任何有價值的東西飛撲下來。
However, when I'm out on the boat, horse flies will descend like vultures.
出去劃船的時候，馬蠅就會象禿鷹一樣俯沖下來。
When asked why, the villagers often fly into a rage stating that if celestial burial is followed, vultures would not come.
問起原因，村民們激動地說如果舉行天葬，禿鷲們都不會來。
The Griffon Vultures circle overhead, observing all this, knowing their timing has to be 'just right, ' they begin their group descent.
魯氏禿鷲在空中盤旋，觀察著這一切，知道它們的時機必須“恰當”，他們開始成群地下降。
Asian vultures have declined rapidly over the last eight years due to the use of a livestock drug called diclofenac.
由于使用名為diclofenac的家畜藥物，亞洲禿鷹的數量在近八年來極具下降。
Jackals and hyenas are the scavengers of the land whereas vultures are the undisputed scavengers of the air.
胡狼和鬣狗是陸地上的食腐者，而禿鷲則毫無疑問是空中清道夫。
At the time, she called them a "pack of vultures" . Now she prefers to see them as "rescuers" .
那時，麥考維把他們稱之為“一群貪婪成性的禿鷲”，而現在她卻喜歡把他們叫做“拯救者”。
The centre is intended to create a secure breeding-stock of vultures that may eventually be released into a diclofenac-free wild.
這個養殖中心是為了給兀鷲創造一個安全繁殖群，也許它們最終會被放生到沒有使用雙氯芬酸的野外。
The master lights aromatic plants for smoke, smoke used as a signal to cinereous vultures, and cut the body into pieces.
天葬師煨桑生煙，煙是用來給禿鷲信號，然后切割尸體。
Most impressive, though, was a pair of lappet-faced vultures, which have a wingspan of 10ft and are the largest birds in Oman.
印象最深的是一對面部下垂的禿鷲，翼展竟有10英尺，是阿曼最大的猛禽。
Vultures are now vanishing across Africa as well, denying lions and other animals the crucial ability to follow circling birds to carcasses.
目前非洲大陸的禿鷲也正在消亡，獅子和其他動物因而無法循著盤旋的鳥群的蹤跡找到尸體，而這對于那些動物而言至關重要。
Dogs feed on it, jackals, wolves, & worms. Crows & vultures feed on it, along with any other animals there.
狗、豺、狐貍、蛆蟲、烏鴉、兀鷹和其他生物都來吃它。
At the moment it has 124 vultures, most of them trapped as nestlings in the past two years.
當時已經有124只兀鷲在這里養殖，它們大多數都是在過去兩年里捕獲的幼雛。
But the retreat had been hurried and the vultures and the good Samaritans would have to look to the dead.
但是他們需要被埋葬，禿鷲和那些行善樂施的好心人都會來看望他們。
Since then, engineers have tracked vultures as a routine part of launch by taking pictures of the launch area from two different angles.
從那時起，工程師通過從發射場的兩個不同角度拍攝照片跟蹤禿鷲成為了發射過程中例行公事的一部分。
But one poisoned carcass can kill up to 150 vultures, when they swoop in to pick up the remains.
但一只被投毒的家畜尸體同樣吸引盤旋俯沖落下撕食腐肉的禿鷲，它最多能夠毒死150只禿鷲。
After a signal is sent off, the ravenous vultures swoop down and peck at the flesh and the bones scattered around.
發出信號后，饑餓的禿鷲俯沖下來啄食尸肉和散落在周圍的骨頭。
the vultures, bare-necked, heavy, sat on the top of the tree waiting for the carrion to come floating down the river.
脖子光光的禿鷲們，身形沉重，棲息在樹頂上，等著動物的腐肉沿河漂下。
Arthur still sat glued to his perch, not even chasing away the turkey vultures that circled overhead.
亞瑟仍舊在那兒巋然不動，甚至連在頭頂盤旋的兀鷹也毫無捕獵的興趣。
But that 's due to natural predators like vultures that pick them off on a beach or predatory fish that are waiting offshore .
但這取決于他們的天敵比如，在海灘上啄食它們的禿鷹或是等在近海的掠食性魚類。
Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures.
跟在它們身后的就是獅子、獵豹、野狗、豺狗、土狼以及禿鷹等獵食動物。
In the coming weeks, Wall Street's vultures will pick over Lehman's still-warm body and wait for one or two more victims to come their way.
未來幾周，華爾街上的禿鷲們會瓜分雷曼兄弟尚帶余溫的尸體，然后等著更多的不幸者重蹈覆轍。
He's also found bones of a dozen different bird species, including vultures, cranes, ducks and geese.
他還發現了像禿鷹、鶴、鴨子和鵝等許多品種的鳥類的骨頭。
The vultures try to move in and are prevented by waving sticks and shouts.
禿鷲們再一次試圖靠近但被揮舞的棍棒和吆喝聲驅趕。
Never mind, at least the vultures have left you alone now.
無野啊，至少貪婪的人離開你了。
But company engineers had noticed that vultures often gathered while they were repairing holes in other pipelines.
然而該公司的工程師發現，禿鷲經常會聚集在他們修補管道漏洞的地方。
I glimpsed, between the hills, sea and white surf curling on golden sand; vultures and buzzards floated overhead.
我朝山間張望，白色的海浪和金色的沙灘呈現在眼前，禿鷲和蒼鷹在空中翱翔。
Vultures circle overhead, and many more are clustered on the grass, a few meters from the funeral bier.
禿鷲在頭上盤旋，更多的鳥集聚在草地上，就在停尸架幾米遠的地方。
The earth is parched and cracked. Men and women come together like broods of vultures over a stinking carcass, to mate and fly apart again.
地球烤焦了，破裂了，男男女女像一窩兀鷹圍著一具發臭的尸體一樣匯集在一起，交配，然后飛往各處。
And although they may not be the most appealing creatures, vultures form a crucialcleanupclean-up team.
盡管禿鷹或許并非最討人喜愛的生物，但是它們卻組成了一只至關重要的清掃隊伍。
Those that were high up were mostly vultures and in the bright sun they were mere specks, tacking against the breeze.
那些高高在上的大多數是禿鷲，在艷陽下它們看起來只是一些小點兒，逆風飛行著。
The flight attendant became so irritated with the airport vultures that the flight was abruptly cancelled.
因為機場因乘客們混亂不堪，空乘人員大為惱火，突然決定取消該航班了。
This story, biblically challenging, is not signposted on the vultures' enclosure.
這個故事是對圣經的挑戰，而僅僅是禿鷹籠子標牌上的標注了。
Researchers at Tel Aviv University say that a number of the tagged vultures have reached Saudi Arabia since the study began.
特拉維夫大學的研究者說，自研究開始后，許多貼了標簽的禿鷲已抵達了沙特阿拉伯。
In that medium, he's built a whole range of animals, including peacocks, ibex, moose, sheep, vultures, sharks, and deer.
他用這種方式創作了很多動物雕塑，包括孔雀、高地山羊、駝鹿、綿羊、禿鷲、鯊魚和鹿。
The sheer number has forced them to choose cremation over traditional "sky burials, " in which vultures eat the dead.
尸體的數量使他們不得不進行火化而不是傳統的天葬，天葬中是由禿鷹來吃掉尸體。
Outside, by the riverbank, vultures hovered menacingly in a cobalt sky.
外面的河岸上，隱約看到禿鷹們在蔚藍的天空中盤旋。
He wanders about--food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
他漂流在外求食，說，哪里有食物呢？他知道黑暗的日子，在他手邊預備好了。
