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"scavenger" in Chinese (Traditional)

食腐動物撿拾者

Definition

食腐動物是指以尋獲的死物為食的動物,或指從垃圾中收集有用物品的人。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Scavenger”常用來指禿鷲等動物,也可指撿垃圾的人。指人時褒貶依語境。科學用語僅指動物。注意不要與“predator”(掠食者)混淆。'scavenger hunt'指尋寶遊戲,與覓食動物無關。

Examples

A vulture is a scavenger because it eats dead animals.

禿鷲是一種**食腐動物**,因為牠會喫死去的動物。

Some people work as scavengers in big cities, collecting metal or plastic.

有些人在大城市做**撿拾者**的工作,收集金屬或塑膠。

Hyenas are well-known as scavengers on the African plains.

鬣狗在非洲草原上以**食腐動物**著稱。

During the festival, kids played a fun scavenger hunt in the park.

節日期間,孩子們在公園玩了一場有趣的**尋寶遊戲**(**scavenger hunt**)。

You see a lot of scavengers searching for recyclables at night in my neighborhood.

在我家附近,晚上經常能看到許多**撿拾者**找可回收物。

In the wild, being a scavenger can help animals survive when there's little food.

在野外,成為**食腐動物**能幫動物在食物稀少時生存。