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单词 carrion
释义
carrion
noun[U]
uk
/ˈkær.i.ən/us
/ˈker.i.ən/
deadordecayingflesh
腐尸；腐肉
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(Definition ofcarrionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Besides feeding on carrion, the condors will frequently attack young goats and lambs.
  • He, the beast of prey, the vulture, was gorging on our carrion.
  • It has been a much debated point with sportsmen and naturalists, whether the eye or the sense of smell guides the vulture to his feast of carrion.
  • The breeze had veered suddenly and they found themselves again in the smell of carrion.
  • The coyote has seen enough, for the man is alive, and not carrion.

Examplesofcarrion

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A similar pattern was observed at thecarrionbaits.
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All previous studies of blowfly aggregation have used traps baited withcarrion.
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Neither do they object to thecarrion-loving raven, as the soul in this case is also absorbed by the bird and provided for in perpetuity.
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All plasticity, the work ends with a stage essentially emptied, but for a dog, looking like a stray, sniffing forcarrion.
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We resampled with bothcarrionand honey at 20 locations at 48-96-h intervals after the initial samples were taken.
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It could be speculated that this similarity is linked to the relatively low head position of stalking lions and of hyenas during scavenging on carrions.
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Where prey are patchily distributed, the presence ofcarrionis likely to be spatially associated with higher densities of live prey.
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Trials were run over three years, withcarrionbait presented in the presence and absence of sodium sulphide.
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No escalated aggression (grappling or biting) was ever observed atcarrionor honey baits.
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Neither honey baits norcarrionbaits attracted bees at 16 stations at 50-m intervals along a 750-m transect in recently abandoned pasture.
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Furthermore, this work suggests that, if used with sodium sulphide, the stage ofcarrionbait decomposition does not significantly modify carrion bait attractiveness.
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I think we are entitled to wonder how desirable that transformation from acarrion-feasting hyena to a mosquito without a sting was.
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Uninfected females, in reproductive condition, responded tocarrionmore often than males and carrion aggregations are often largely composed of females.
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Each study was carried out over a 24-h period with faeces and a 48-h period withcarrion.
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Food generalists are species which showed no strong preference for dung orcarrion.
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