carnivorous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /kɑːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/    美 /kɑɹˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/|/kaːˈnɪv.ə.ɹəs/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
    — carnivorous animal
  2. Flesh-eating; (usually also specifically) predatorily so: that is, predatory.
    — carnivorous diet
  3. Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.

词形变化

more carnivorous comparative most carnivorous superlative

词汇关系

近义词
sarcophagic sarcophagous
衍生词
anticarnivorous carnivorously carnivorousness hypercarnivorous hypocarnivorous macrocarnivorous mesocarnivorous noncarnivorous protocarnivorous uncarnivorous

词源

From Latin carnivorus (“flesh-eating”).
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