"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。