Word · Frequency #21515
cannibal
食人者
a person who eats human flesh
- 1.
An organism which eats others of its own species or kind, especially a human who consumes human flesh.
吃同类的动物
In use
The novel tells the story of a cannibal who lives alone on a remote island.
According to the legend, the tribe captured their enemies and ate them, so outsiders called them cannibals.
Many people find it hard to believe that a cannibal could live quietly in a modern city.
a cannibal
cannibal 是可数名词，指食人的人。
The novel tells the story of a cannibal who lives alone in the forest.
这部小说讲述了一个独自住在森林里的食人者的故事。
cannibals
复数形式可直接泛指一类人。
Cannibals are people who eat human flesh.
食人者就是吃人肉的人。
be a cannibal
be a cannibal 用于描述某人的身份或属性。
No one believed that he was a cannibal.
没有人相信他是食人者。
Common mistakes
Cannibal is a person who eats people.A cannibal is a person who eats people.
cannibal 是可数名词，单数可数名词作主语时前面必须加冠词（如 a 或 the）。中文常省略冠词，所以学习者容易漏掉；改为 A cannibal 后句子才符合英语语法。
That cannibal eats human.That cannibal eats humans.
human 作名词表示“人”时是可数名词，复数需要加 -s；中文里“吃人”的“人”没有单复数形式，学习者常照搬，但英语中 eats human 不成立，改为 eats humans 才正确。
Cannibals eats people.Cannibals eat people.
主语 cannibals 是复数，谓语动词要用原形 eat，不能加第三人称单数的 -s。汉语动词没有这种单复数变化，容易误加 -s；改为 eat 后主谓一致。
Connections
Collocations
- cannibal tribe
- 食人部落
- The explorers were captured by a cannibal tribe.探险者们被一个食人部落抓住了。
- cannibal serial killer
- 食人连环杀手
- The movie is based on the story of a cannibal serial killer.这部电影改编自一个食人连环杀手的故事。
- cannibal feast
- 食人宴
- According to legend, the tribe held a cannibal feast after every battle.传说中，这个部落在每次战斗后都会举行食人宴。
- cannibal ritual
- 食人仪式
- Some ancient cultures had cannibal rituals believed to absorb the power of the dead.一些古代文化有食人仪式，人们相信这样可以吸收死者的力量。
Pop culture & quotes
- I am a cannibal, I am a cannibal / I'll eat you up, I'll eat you up
- 我是一个食人者，我是一个食人者／我会把你吃掉，我会把你吃掉。——凯莎《Cannibal》
Learner notes
Memory Tip
发音近似 'can nibble'（能啃咬），想象食人者啃咬人肉的样子。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reporting、historical/anthropological discussion、fiction and film 作为名词，cannibal 指以人肉为食的人，语气比较中性，通常出现在新闻报道、历史或人类学讨论，以及小说和影视等虚构作品中；日常口语中较少直接使用，而会换用更具体的说法。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes exactly with 'cannibal' (/ˈkænibəl/). 'Verbal' and 'tribal' match its final /bəl/ sound (spelled -bal after the suffix -al). 'Animal', 'capital', 'local', 'verbal', and 'tribal' share the unstressed -al spelling pronounced /əl/. 'Cannabis' looks similar in its first syllable but has a different ending and stress pattern: /ˈkænəbɪs/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.