piranha
英 [pɪˈrɑːnə]
美 [pɪˈrɑːnə]
n. 水虎鱼，锯脂鲤(南美的一种捕食动物的小淡水鱼)
复数：piranhas
BNC.27440 / COCA.26532
牛津词典
noun
- 水虎鱼，锯脂鲤（南美的一种捕食动物的小淡水鱼）
a small S American freshwater fish that attacks and eats live animals
柯林斯词典
- 水虎鱼；食人鲳
Apiranhais a small, fierce fish which is found in South America.
英英释义
noun
- small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals
- someone who attacks in search of booty
双语例句
- Time for the ultimate killer's test: How would the piranha react to my duck?
现在是终极杀手测试时间：水虎鱼会对我的鸭子如何反应呢？ - I liked to think of myself as a grown man, but consternation was eating away at my bravado like a starved piranha devouring its prey.
我那时喜欢把自己看作是一个大人，但惊恐慌乱就像一条饥肠辘辘的食人鱼吞食猎物一般，渐渐攻破了我的虚张声势。 - A pacu fish, known for eating human testicles, has been captured in Lake Lou Yaeger in Illinois, the Department of Natural Resources has stated. The fish is a relative of the piranha, which is known for its sharp teeth and vicious nature.
美国自然资源部近日表示，美国伊利诺伊州劳耶格尔湖发现帕库食人鱼，据称这种食人鱼专咬男性生殖器，与以锋利的牙齿和凶残的本性著称的比拉食人鱼同属一类。 - Or I would throw her into the sea, so piranha would eat her.
或者把她扔进海里，小鱼会把她吃掉。 - The move followed a piranha attack last weekend in which a man surnamed Zhang suffered injuries to the palms of his hands while giving his dog a bath in the Liujiang River.
此举的缘由是上周末市民张先生在柳江河边给小狗洗澡时，遭到食人鱼攻击，手掌被咬伤。 - Piranha fish live in the lakes, and electric eels.
湖里有水虎鱼，还有电鳗。 - There are no piranha at sea.
海里面没有南美小鱼。 - Liuzhou's municipal authorities in Guangxi on Wednesday placed a heavy bounty on piranhas recovered from its waters, and would offer 1,000 yuan for every piranha caught, China News Service reported.
据中新社报道，周三，广西柳州市官方悬赏钓剿所辖水域中的食人鱼，每条奖励1000元。 - Photo Gallery: Tropical Rain Forest Wildlife The notoriously voracious piranha lives only in the rivers of South America, primarily the Amazon and Orinoco.
热带雨林野生动植物图片集。这有名的贪心的南美产的小鱼只居住在南美的河流，主要的在亚马逊河和Orinoco。 - Did a school of piranha eat flesh down to the bone of a busload of passengers that crashed in an Amazonian river?
当一辆公交车掉进了亚马逊河中，他们真的被食人鱼吃得只剩下了骨头？