vulture: [14] The origins of Latin vultur ‘vulture’ are uncertain, although it may be related to Latin vellere ‘pluck, tear’. English acquired it not directly, but by way of its derived adjective vulturius, which produced the Old French noun voltour. This passed into English via Anglo- Norman vultur.
vulture (n.)
late 14c., from Anglo-French vultur, Old French voutoir, voutre (Modern French vautour), from Latin vultur, earlier voltur, perhaps related to vellere "to pluck, to tear" (see svelte). Figurative sense is recorded from 1580s. Related: Vulturine; vulturous.
雙語例句
1. The vulture extended his scrawny neck.
兀鷲伸出細(xì)長的脖子。
來自柯林斯例句
2. That vulture is capable of doing anything.
那個(gè)貪得無厭的人什么事都能干得出來.
來自辭典例句
3. The Turkey Vulture could scent up to 10 miles.
土耳其禿鷲,能夠聞到10英里以外的氣味.
來自電影對(duì)白
4. Indeed , one species, the slender - billed vulture , numbers a mere 400.
有一種嘴細(xì)長的兀鷲現(xiàn)僅存活四百只.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. This product becomes by a Laos red acid vulture.