cannibal

cannibal

英 ['kænɪb(ə)l]
　　美 ['kænəbl]

n. 食人者；吃同類的動物
　　adj. 食同類的；吃人肉的；兇殘的

中文詞源：

cannibal 食人部落

來自Caribbean拼寫變體。因早期歐洲殖民者認為加勒比海地區土著居民以人為食，而將該詞帶入英語。

例句：

1. Cannibal killer Jeffrey Dahmer has been caught trying to hide a razor blade in his cell.
食人殺手傑弗裡·達默被抓到試圖將一片剃須刀片藏在牢房裡。

2. " We would like very much to have you for dinner, " as the cannibal said to the captured missionary.
嗜食人肉的人對被俘擄的傳教士說: “ 我們想設宴招待你(吃掉你) ”.

3. A life - thirsting , cannibal looking , bloody - minded juryman, the Jacques Three of St. Antoine.
那是聖安托萬區的傑克三號, 一個嗜殺成性、食人生番式的 、 滿懷血腥的陪審員.

4. His sharp cannibal teeth revealed by cold and wrath, gleamed through the dark.
他那鋒利的食人肉的牙齒,因為寒冷和憤怒而顯露著, 在黑暗中閃閃發光.

5. The Cannibal won't get us without his seven - mile shoes.
食人者沒有他的七裡的鞋子將抓不到我們.