| Change log entry 38609 | |
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| Processed by: | mmmoore (2011-12-09 06:55:12 GMT) |
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<< review queue entry 37521 - submitted by 'richwarm' >> I don't think 掠食 means "raptor" though a "raptor" may be one kind of 掠食者. "hunting for food" is a bit off too, because it suggests that it's humans doing the hunting, rather than what is described in MoE's definition ~ 以捕食他種生物而藉以生存的動物，稱為該生物的「掠食者」。 J examples ~ The fish transform from pests to predators ... ... 这些鱼转变成了可怕的掠食着。 (I presume that 着 is meant to be a 者) prey on ~ They preyed on a wide variety of invertebrates and fish and were probably not fussy about which ones. 牠们掠食各种不同的无脊椎动物及鱼类，食性可能相当广。 predation ~ The early humans mostly died of predation, ... 早期的人类大多死于掠食，... (here, it's actually the humans that are the prey, not the hunters) predatory (attributive) ~ They nurture their relatively rare offspring with a large investment of parental care— milk, shared food and water, and protection from predators. 野生马子代的数量不多，因此亲代照顾较为周全，包括充足的母乳、物和水，以及保护子代不受掠食动物攻击。 Editor: Good job Richard, looks good. |
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- 掠食 掠食 [lu:e4 shi2] /hunting for food/raptor/ + 掠食 掠食 [lu:e4 shi2] /to prey on/predation/predatory/ |