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vulture

noun
🔊/ˈvʌltʃə(r)/
🔊/ˈvʌltʃər/
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  1. a large bird, usually without feathers on its head or neck, that eats animals that are already dead兀鹫；秃鹫
    • vultures circling/wheeling overhead在头顶上空盘旋的兀鹫
    Topics Birdsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryvulture + verb
    • circle
    • hover
    • soar
    • …
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  2. a person who hopes to gain from the troubles of other people乘人之危的人；趁火打劫的人
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryvulture + verb
    • circle
    • hover
    • soar
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French vultur, from Latin vulturius.