Word · Frequency #23501
carrion
腐肉
核心释义
the dead and rotting body of an animal, no longer fit for humans to eat
- 1.
腐肉；动物或人尸体的腐烂肉。
Rotting flesh of a dead animal or person.
- 2.
腐败或可怕的东西。
Corrupt or horrid matter.
腐肉；动物或人尸体的腐烂肉。；腐败或可怕的东西。；死肉
用法In use
Vultures feed on carrion, so they rarely hunt live animals.
用法提示：carrion 是名词，指死去的动物的腐肉，此处作 feed on 的宾语。
The farmer buried the carrion in a pit to keep his livestock from getting sick.
用法提示：carrion 为名词，表示腐肉，在句中作 buried 的宾语。
Hikers were told not to touch the carrion they saw on the trail.
用法提示：carrion 为名词，指小路上的动物腐尸，作 touch 的宾语。
feed on carrion
carrion 指动物尸体上腐烂的肉，常用作不可数名词。
Vultures feed on carrion.
秃鹫以腐肉为食。
carrion + [noun]
carrion 可放在名词前作定语，表示“食腐的”，如 carrion crow（小嘴乌鸦）。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- feed on carrion
- 以腐肉为食
- Vultures feed on carrion.秃鹫以腐肉为食。
- carrion beetle
- 腐肉甲虫
- A carrion beetle crawled across the dead animal.一只腐肉甲虫爬过动物的尸体。
- carrion crow
- 小嘴乌鸦
- A carrion crow perched on the fence.一只小嘴乌鸦停在栅栏上。
- smell of carrion
- 腐肉的气味
- The wind carried the smell of carrion.风带来了腐肉的气味。
- carrion feeder
- 食腐动物
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
记法：carrion 以 car 开头，想象一辆车撞死动物，路边留下腐肉。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：nature documentaries、vulture feeding、ecology discussions carrion 是比较中性的说法，通常用于描述动物尸体或食腐动物相关的场景，多出现在自然纪录片、生态讨论等语境中。日常口语里更常说 dead animal 或 rotting meat。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No common word rhymes exactly with carrion /ˈkæriən/ (CAR-ee-ən). Words like onion, minion, and champion share the final -ion spelling but end with /jən/ or /iən/, not /riən/. Criterion also ends in -rion but has a different stressed vowel and stress position. Carillon looks similar but has /l/ and does not rhyme.
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