vulture
Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and CathartidaeAny of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
» Tom saw vultures flying overhead and began to worry.
Значение
значений: 2Any of several carrion-eating birds of the families Accipitridae and Cathartidae.
Geier, Geierin
грифgrif, стервя́тникstervjátnik
грифhryf, па́дальникpádalʹnyk
(разговорное, переносно)A person who profits from the suffering of others.
Within ten minutes of the accident, the vultures appeared and were organizing lawsuits.
Aasgeier
стервя́тникstervjátnik
- any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
- someone who attacks in search of booty
Примеры
предложений: 32Tom saw vultures flying overhead and began to worry.
Where there's a body, you'll find vultures.
Где тело, там и стервятники. — sharptoothed
It is said that vultures can smell death.
Говорят, грифы чуют запах смерти. — Wezel
The eagle is a raptor, like the falcon and vulture.
Орёл — хищная птица, так же как сокол и гриф. — Wezel
Vultures circled above the dead body.
Стервятники кружились над мёртвым телом. — corvard
deGeier kreisten über der Leiche. — Manfredo
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
По значениям 1
По значениям 2
Происхождение
Borrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, frBorrowed into Middle English from Anglo-Norman vultur, from Old French voutoir, voutre, from Latin vultur, voltur. Displaced native Old English ūf.
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