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"piranha" in Chinese (Simplified)

食人鱼

Definition

食人鱼是一种生活在南美洲河流中的小型锐齿鱼,以食肉而闻名,有时会袭击动物或人类。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“食人鱼”通常只指南美洲的这种鱼类,是名词,很少引申为比喻意义。和“亚马逊”、“河流”、“危险”等词常用。

Examples

A piranha has very sharp teeth.

**食人鱼**有非常锋利的牙齿。

People are afraid to swim where piranhas live.

人们害怕在有**食人鱼**出没的地方游泳。

The Amazon River is home to many piranhas.

亚马逊河里有很多**食人鱼**。

Tourists love taking photos of wild piranhas during river tours.

游客们喜欢在河上游览时给野生**食人鱼**拍照。

I never thought I’d see a real piranha up close until my trip to Brazil.

直到我去巴西旅行,我才想到会近距离见到真的**食人鱼**。

Despite their scary image, not all piranhas are dangerous to humans.

尽管它们形象吓人,并不是所有**食人鱼**都对人类有危险。