depredation

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌdɛpɹəˈdeɪʃən/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of consuming agricultural resources (crops, livestock), especially as plunder. countable,uncountable
    — An animal that produces only two to four young per year cannot suffer vast depredations on the adult population without drastic effects.
  2. A raid or predatory attack. countable,uncountable
    — Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman had long known that his fragile supply and communication lines through Tennessee were in serious jeopardy because of depredations by Forrest's cavalry raids. (Battle of Brice's Crossroads)

词形变化

depredations plural

词汇关系

相关词
predation predator prey

词源

From Middle French déprédation, from Latin depraedatio.
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