carnivore

/'kɑ:nivɒ:/ uk　 词频 #15028

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carnivore 是什么意思

中文释义

n. 食肉动物

[医] 食肉动物, 食虫植物

英文释义

n. a terrestrial or aquatic flesh-eating mammal

n. any animal that feeds on flesh

carnivore 的真实例句

以下例句摘自真实英文文章，看看 carnivore 在自然语境里怎么用：

Humans at that time, like modern carnivores, consumed animals whose size was related to their own group size.

—— Human ancestors butchered and ate elephants 1.8 million years ago, helping to fuel their large brains

But these are omnivorous or frugivorous species, rather than carnivores, and most of their food-soaking activities have been observed in captivity.

—— Camera Traps Reveal Iberian Lynxes Soaking Their Prey, a First-Ever Discovery Among Carnivores

These were active carnivores — and the researchers say they may have even hunted other large predators, but this remains speculative.

—— A real-life Kraken stalked the seas of the late Cretaceous

Moreover, carnivores tend to sleep far more than omnivores.

—— Good Sleep, Good Learning (2012)

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