harpy

美 [ˈhɑːrpi]英 [ˈhɑːpi]
  • n.鸟身女妖,哈比(古希腊和罗马神话中的怪物);凶残的女子

复数: harpies

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noun

【不规则形式】pl. -ies
1

鸟身女妖,哈比(古希腊和罗马神话中的怪物)
(in ancient Greek and Roman stories) a cruel creature with a woman's head and body and a bird's wings and feet

2

凶残的女子
a cruel woman

harpy

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 哈比(古典神话中的鸟身人面女妖,性残忍而贪婪)
    In classical mythology, the harpies were creatures with the bodies of birds and the faces of women. They flew quickly and were cruel and greedy.

  • 2
    N-COUNT 凶悍贪婪的妇人;泼妇;恶妇
    If you refer to a woman as a harpy, you mean that she is very cruel or violent.

    ...a snobby, scheming harpy who sells off the family silverware.

    低价变卖家传银器的势利狡诈的泼妇

noun

1
large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America
Synonym: harpy eagle Harpia harpyja
2
any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes
Synonym: harpy bat tube-nosed bat tube-nosed fruit bat
3
a malicious woman with a fierce temper
Synonym: vixen hellcat

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  1. The seemingly invinable harpy is vulnerable for another reason .

    似乎不可战胜的热带大雕易受伤害还有一个原因。

  2. This harpy essentially says that our soldiers in Iraq died in vain .

    这个恶婆由始至终都认为我们的战士们在伊拉克都是白死的。

  3. Folklore has long held that the harpy eagle preys on human babies as well as forest animals .

    民间传说里,一直认为热带大雕既捕食森林动物,也捕食婴儿。

  4. The threat posed could soon be similar to that facing the harpy 's near relative , the Philippines monkey-eating eagle .

    不久,这种威胁就会和热带大雕的近亲——菲律宾食猴鹰所面临的威胁相似了。

  5. Harpy eggs take up to 60 days to hatch and chicks take a further 60 days before they learn to fly .

    雕蛋的孵化需要60天,雏雕学飞之前还需60天。

  6. Like its Filipino cousm , the harpy eagle nests in the tops of the largest forest trees .

    和它的菲律宾同伴一样,热带大雕把巢筑在最大的树顶上。

  7. The famed and feared harpy eagle has killed again .

    鼎鼎大名、令人生畏的热带大雕又杀生了。

  8. Yet there is no evidence , according to British naturalist Leslie Brown , that children have ever been taken by the harpy .

    然而,按照英国博物学家莱斯利·布朗的说法,还没有证据表明大雕曾经掠走过小孩。

  9. The harpy from which the eagle derives its name was a mythical wreaker of vengeance .

    鹰的名字来自哈比(Harpy),神话中的一个复仇者。

  10. Among these species is the harpy eagle , which has a six or seven-foot wingspan and is perhaps the most powerful bird in the world .

    角雕是其中的一种,它们的翼幅达6-7英尺,可能是世界上力量最强大的鸟类。

  11. Could anything be more majestic , serene or threatening than the largest bird of prey in the world , the harpy eagle , soaring above its domain ?

    有什么比世界上最大的食肉猛禽热带大雕在它的领地上方搏击长空更加壮丽,更加安详,又更具威胁性呢?

  12. Autonomous killing machines are becoming reality - Israel already has its Harpy anti-radar drone , which loiters in the sky before choosing and destroying targets itself .

    自主式杀人机器正在成为现实,以色列已经拥有了哈比(Harpy)反雷达无人机,它可以在空中漫无目的地飞行,然后自主选择目标并加以摧毁。

  13. Forless is known about the harpy than any other eagle-the remoteness of its habitat sees to that . But it has been seen carrying monkeys , sloth and even small deer back to its nest .

    人们对大雕的了解比对其他鹰类的了解都少——这是因为它的栖息地十分遥远而造成的,但确实见过它将猴子、树獭甚至小鹿带回巢中。

  14. And the greatest and most endangered species in the Amazon Rainforest is not the jaguar , it 's not the harpy eagle , it 's the isolated and uncontacted tribes .

    在亚马逊热带雨林中,最伟大而最濒危的物种不是美洲豹,也不是美洲角雕,而是与世隔绝的人类部落。

  15. It 's hard to believe that a creature so well equipped to survive could - ever find itself under threat . But with huge tracts of rainforest being felled in Centraland South America , the harpy 's food sources are harder to find .

    令人难以置信的是生存条件如此优越的生物竟然也会处于威胁之中,但随着中、南美洲大片热带雨林的被砍伐,大雕的食物来源更为困难。