predator UK ['pred.ə.tər] US [-tˌɚ] noun countable ADVANCED ■an animal that hunts, kills and eats other animals 捕食性动物,食肉动物•lions, wolves and other predators狮子、狼及其他食肉动物 ■disapproving ■someone who follows people in order to harm them or commit a crime against them 尾随伤害他人者,尾随作案者•a sexual predator尾随作案的色魔 •In court, he was accused of being a merciless predator who had tricked his grandmother out of her savings.在法庭上,他被指控是一个无情的掠夺者,骗取了祖母的积蓄。 |