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捕食

bǔ shí

HSK 7–9

Meaning

  • to prey on
  • to catch and feed on
  • to hunt for food

Definition

捕捉并食用(其他动物)。

To catch and eat (other animals).

Usage

通常用于描述动物的行为,指一种动物为了生存而捕猎并吞食另一种动物。

Usually used to describe animal behavior, referring to one animal hunting and consuming another for survival.

Examples

  • 1 狮子在草原上捕食羚羊。 (Lions prey on antelopes on the grassland.)
  • 2 这种鸟擅长在夜间捕食昆虫。 (This bird is good at catching insects at night.)
  • 3 蜘蛛利用蛛网来捕食飞虫。 (Spiders use their webs to catch flying insects.)
  • 4 在食物链中,捕食者与被捕食者之间存在密切关系。 (In the food chain, there is a close relationship between predators and prey.)
  • 5 猫科动物通常以伏击的方式捕食。 (Felines usually hunt by ambush.)

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