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cannibal 音標拼音: [k'ænəbəl] n. 食人者,吃同類的動物
a. 食同類的,吃人肉的 食人者,吃同類的動物食同類的,吃人肉的 cannibal n 1: a person who eats human flesh [ synonym: { cannibal}, { man- eater}, { anthropophagus}, { anthropophagite}] Cannibal \ Can" ni* bal\, n. [ Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Haiti lived in great fear of the Caribales ( equivalent to E. Caribbees.), the inhabitants of the smaller Antilles; which form of the name was afterward changed into NL. Canibales, in order to express more forcibly their character by a word intelligible through a Latin root " propter rabiem caninam anthropophagorum gentis." The Caribbees call themselves, in their own language. Calinago, Carinago, Calliponam, and, abbreviated, Calina, signifying a brave, from which Columbus formed his Caribales.] A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind. -- Darwin. [ 1913 Webster]
Cannibal \ Can" ni* bal\, a. Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. " Cannibal terror." -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] 150 Moby Thesaurus words for " cannibal": Brillat- Savarin, Cain, Lucullus, amphibian, animal, anthropophagite, apache, aquatic, assassin, assassinator, barbarian, beast, biped, bloodletter, bloodshedder, board- and- roomer, boarder, bon vivant, bravo, brute, burker, butcher, button man, canine, cannibalistic, carnivore, carnivorous, commensal, connoisseur of food, consumer, cosmopolite, cutthroat, desperado, destroyer, dietetic, diner, diner- out, dining, eater, eater- out, eating, epicure, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, feeder, feeding, feline, flesh- eater, flesh- eating, fruitarian, garroter, gastronome, gastronomic, glutton, gluttonous, gnawer, gorilla, gourmand, gourmet, grain- eater, grain- eating, graminivore, graminivorous, granivore, granivorous, grass- eating, gun, gunman, gunsel, hatchet man, head- hunter, herbivore, herbivorous, high liver, hit man, homicidal maniac, homicide, hungry mouth, hyena, insect- eating, insectivore, insectivorous, invertebrate, killer, lactovegetarian, luncher, mammal, mammalian, man- eater, man- eating, man- killer, manslayer, marsupial, marsupialian, massacrer, matador, meat- eater, meat- eating, mensal, mouth, murderer, nihilist, nourishing, nutritious, omnivore, omnivorous, omophagist, omophagous, pantophagist, pantophagous, pesticide, phytivorous, phytophage, phytophagous, picnicker, plant- eater, plant- eating, poison, poisoner, postprandial, prandial, predacean, predacious, preprandial, primate, quadruped, reptile, rodent, ruminant, savage, scavenger, shark, slaughterer, slayer, strangler, thug, tiger, torpedo, trencherman, trigger man, ungulate, vandal, varmint, vegetable- eating, vegetarian, vermin, vertebrate, wild man, wrecker |
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