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predator

noun
 
🔊/ˈpredətə(r)/
🔊/ˈpredətər/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1.  
    an animal that kills and eats other animals捕食者；捕食性动物
    • Some animals have no natural predators.有些动物没有天敌。🔊🔊
    • the relationship between predator and prey捕食者与猎物之间的关系
    Topics Animalsc1
  2. (disapproving) a person or an organization that uses weaker people for their own advantage弱肉强食的人（或机构）；剥削者；掠夺者
    • to protect domestic industry from foreign predators保护本国工业不受外来剥削
    3. Word Origin1920s: from Latin praedator ‘plunderer’, from praedat- ‘seized as plunder’, from the verb praedari ‘seize as plunder’, from praeda ‘booty’.