vultures
美 [ˈvʌltʃər] 
英 [ˈvʌltʃə(r)]
- n.秃鹫；【鸟】兀鹰；贪得无厌者
- 网络秃鹫基金；秃鹫队，秃鹫队；秃鹰之地
词形变化
复数：vultures
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
Amid grey mounds of dusty rocks we were able to see Egyptian vultures and steppe eagles.
在布满尘埃的灰色岩石山丘上，我们看见了埃及秃鹫和草原鹰。
Farmers in parts of Europe are to be allowed to resume the practice of leaving dead livestock in their fields for vultures to feed on.
欧洲部分地区的农场主已被允许恢复将死牲畜抛弃野地的习惯，以供秃鹫食用。
As you say, creditors are roosting in trees like vultures waiting to swoop down on anything valuable.
你晓得，那些债主象兀鹰一般歇在树枝上，伺机对任何有价值的东西飞扑下来。
However, when I'm out on the boat, horse flies will descend like vultures.
出去划船的时候，马蝇就会象秃鹰一样俯冲下来。
When asked why, the villagers often fly into a rage stating that if celestial burial is followed, vultures would not come.
问起原因，村民们激动地说如果举行天葬，秃鹫们都不会来。
The Griffon Vultures circle overhead, observing all this, knowing their timing has to be 'just right, ' they begin their group descent.
鲁氏秃鹫在空中盘旋，观察着这一切，知道它们的时机必须“恰当”，他们开始成群地下降。
Asian vultures have declined rapidly over the last eight years due to the use of a livestock drug called diclofenac.
由于使用名为diclofenac的家畜药物，亚洲秃鹰的数量在近八年来极具下降。
Jackals and hyenas are the scavengers of the land whereas vultures are the undisputed scavengers of the air.
胡狼和鬣狗是陆地上的食腐者，而秃鹫则毫无疑问是空中清道夫。
At the time, she called them a "pack of vultures" . Now she prefers to see them as "rescuers" .
那时，麦考维把他们称之为“一群贪婪成性的秃鹫”，而现在她却喜欢把他们叫做“拯救者”。
The centre is intended to create a secure breeding-stock of vultures that may eventually be released into a diclofenac-free wild.
这个养殖中心是为了给兀鹫创造一个安全繁殖群，也许它们最终会被放生到没有使用双氯芬酸的野外。
The master lights aromatic plants for smoke, smoke used as a signal to cinereous vultures, and cut the body into pieces.
天葬师煨桑生烟，烟是用来给秃鹫信号，然后切割尸体。
Most impressive, though, was a pair of lappet-faced vultures, which have a wingspan of 10ft and are the largest birds in Oman.
印象最深的是一对面部下垂的秃鹫，翼展竟有10英尺，是阿曼最大的猛禽。
Vultures are now vanishing across Africa as well, denying lions and other animals the crucial ability to follow circling birds to carcasses.
目前非洲大陆的秃鹫也正在消亡，狮子和其他动物因而无法循着盘旋的鸟群的踪迹找到尸体，而这对于那些动物而言至关重要。
Dogs feed on it, jackals, wolves, & worms. Crows & vultures feed on it, along with any other animals there.
狗、豺、狐狸、蛆虫、乌鸦、兀鹰和其他生物都来吃它。
At the moment it has 124 vultures, most of them trapped as nestlings in the past two years.
当时已经有124只兀鹫在这里养殖，它们大多数都是在过去两年里捕获的幼雏。
But the retreat had been hurried and the vultures and the good Samaritans would have to look to the dead.
但是他们需要被埋葬，秃鹫和那些行善乐施的好心人都会来看望他们。
Since then, engineers have tracked vultures as a routine part of launch by taking pictures of the launch area from two different angles.
从那时起，工程师通过从发射场的两个不同角度拍摄照片跟踪秃鹫成为了发射过程中例行公事的一部分。
But one poisoned carcass can kill up to 150 vultures, when they swoop in to pick up the remains.
但一只被投毒的家畜尸体同样吸引盘旋俯冲落下撕食腐肉的秃鹫，它最多能够毒死150只秃鹫。
After a signal is sent off, the ravenous vultures swoop down and peck at the flesh and the bones scattered around.
发出信号后，饥饿的秃鹫俯冲下来啄食尸肉和散落在周围的骨头。
the vultures, bare-necked, heavy, sat on the top of the tree waiting for the carrion to come floating down the river.
脖子光光的秃鹫们，身形沉重，栖息在树顶上，等着动物的腐肉沿河漂下。
Arthur still sat glued to his perch, not even chasing away the turkey vultures that circled overhead.
亚瑟仍旧在那儿岿然不动，甚至连在头顶盘旋的兀鹰也毫无捕猎的兴趣。
But that 's due to natural predators like vultures that pick them off on a beach or predatory fish that are waiting offshore .
但这取决于他们的天敌比如，在海滩上啄食它们的秃鹰或是等在近海的掠食性鱼类。
Following on their heels are the predators of the savanna- lion, cheetah, wild dog, jackal, hyena and vultures.
跟在它们身后的就是狮子、猎豹、野狗、豺狗、土狼以及秃鹰等猎食动物。
In the coming weeks, Wall Street's vultures will pick over Lehman's still-warm body and wait for one or two more victims to come their way.
未来几周，华尔街上的秃鹫们会瓜分雷曼兄弟尚带余温的尸体，然后等着更多的不幸者重蹈覆辙。
He's also found bones of a dozen different bird species, including vultures, cranes, ducks and geese.
他还发现了像秃鹰、鹤、鸭子和鹅等许多品种的鸟类的骨头。
The vultures try to move in and are prevented by waving sticks and shouts.
秃鹫们再一次试图靠近但被挥舞的棍棒和吆喝声驱赶。
Never mind, at least the vultures have left you alone now.
无野啊，至少贪婪的人离开你了。
But company engineers had noticed that vultures often gathered while they were repairing holes in other pipelines.
然而该公司的工程师发现，秃鹫经常会聚集在他们修补管道漏洞的地方。
I glimpsed, between the hills, sea and white surf curling on golden sand; vultures and buzzards floated overhead.
我朝山间张望，白色的海浪和金色的沙滩呈现在眼前，秃鹫和苍鹰在空中翱翔。
Vultures circle overhead, and many more are clustered on the grass, a few meters from the funeral bier.
秃鹫在头上盘旋，更多的鸟集聚在草地上，就在停尸架几米远的地方。
The earth is parched and cracked. Men and women come together like broods of vultures over a stinking carcass, to mate and fly apart again.
地球烤焦了，破裂了，男男女女像一窝兀鹰围着一具发臭的尸体一样汇集在一起，交配，然后飞往各处。
And although they may not be the most appealing creatures, vultures form a crucialcleanupclean-up team.
尽管秃鹰或许并非最讨人喜爱的生物，但是它们却组成了一只至关重要的清扫队伍。
Those that were high up were mostly vultures and in the bright sun they were mere specks, tacking against the breeze.
那些高高在上的大多数是秃鹫，在艳阳下它们看起来只是一些小点儿，逆风飞行着。
The flight attendant became so irritated with the airport vultures that the flight was abruptly cancelled.
因为机场因乘客们混乱不堪，空乘人员大为恼火，突然决定取消该航班了。
This story, biblically challenging, is not signposted on the vultures' enclosure.
这个故事是对圣经的挑战，而仅仅是秃鹰笼子标牌上的标注了。
Researchers at Tel Aviv University say that a number of the tagged vultures have reached Saudi Arabia since the study began.
特拉维夫大学的研究者说，自研究开始后，许多贴了标签的秃鹫已抵达了沙特阿拉伯。
In that medium, he's built a whole range of animals, including peacocks, ibex, moose, sheep, vultures, sharks, and deer.
他用这种方式创作了很多动物雕塑，包括孔雀、高地山羊、驼鹿、绵羊、秃鹫、鲨鱼和鹿。
The sheer number has forced them to choose cremation over traditional "sky burials, " in which vultures eat the dead.
尸体的数量使他们不得不进行火化而不是传统的天葬，天葬中是由秃鹰来吃掉尸体。
Outside, by the riverbank, vultures hovered menacingly in a cobalt sky.
外面的河岸上，隐约看到秃鹰们在蔚蓝的天空中盘旋。
He wanders about--food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
他漂流在外求食，说，哪里有食物呢？他知道黑暗的日子，在他手边预备好了。
