carnivore

/ˈkɑːnɪvɔː(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [kˈɑrnɪvˌɔr] /ˈkɑːrnɪvɔːr/ (ame, ipa) · [kˈɑrnɪvˌɔr] /ˈkär-nə-ˌvȯr How to pronounce carnivore (audio)/ (ame, mw)

carnivore — noun

1. an animal that gets most or all of its food by eating other animals

1.名詞B2
釋義

an animal that gets most or all of its food by eating other animals

例句

At the zoo, Diego learned that a lion is a carnivore.

pattern: [animal] is a carnivore

The science poster showed which dinosaurs were carnivores and which ate plants.

plural use: carnivores contrasted with plant-eaters

同義詞
  • meat-eater

    more informal and less scientific than carnivore

  • predator

    focuses on hunting behavior; not every carnivore hunts its own food

反義詞
  • herbivore

    an animal that lives on plants rather than meat

文法句型

a carnivore

[animal] is a carnivore

carnivores eat meat

用法筆記

Usually used in science, zoo, and nature contexts. It labels an animal by its diet, so it is often contrasted with herbivore and omnivore.

常見錯誤

❌The lion is a carnivorous.
✅The lion is a carnivore.
💡Carnivore is the noun for the animal; carnivorous is the adjective.
❌A cow is a carnivore because it is big.
✅A cow is an herbivore, not a carnivore.
💡The word depends on what the animal eats, not on its size.