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man-eater是什么意思

man-eater

英 ['mæn,i:tə] 美

n. 食人族；食人者；食人动物

英文词源

man-eater (n.): also maneater, c. 1600, "cannibal," from man (n.) + eater. From 1837 in reference to animals (sharks); 1862 of tigers; 1906 of women. Related: Man-eating.

双语例句

1. She ran away with a man called McTavish last year.: 去年，她和一个叫麦克塔维什的男人私奔了。

2. Nora was deflowered by a man who worked in a soda-water factory.: 在汽水厂工作的一个男子夺去了诺拉的童贞。

3. He could just about see the little man behind the counter.: 他勉强能看到柜台后面的小个子男人。

4. He then held the man in an armlock until police arrived.: 然后他反扭住那名男子的手臂让他动弹不得，直到警察赶到。

5. A young man plunged from a sheer rock face to his death.: 一名男青年从陡峭的岩壁上坠崖身亡。