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.
双语例句
1. The vulture extended his scrawny neck.
兀鹫伸出细长的脖子。
来自柯林斯例句
2. That vulture is capable of doing anything.
那个贪得无厌的人什么事都能干得出来.
来自辞典例句
3. The Turkey Vulture could scent up to 10 miles.
土耳其秃鹫,能够闻到10英里以外的气味.
来自电影对白
4. Indeed , one species, the slender - billed vulture , numbers a mere 400.
有一种嘴细长的兀鹫现仅存活四百只.
来自互联网
5. This product becomes by a Laos red acid vulture.