viru
viru — 形容詞
- virupositive
- more virucomparative
- most virusuperlative
1. resembling a vulture or buzzard in appearance or habits, such as having a feathe
禿鷲般的
像禿鷲或兀鷲的
resembling a vulture or buzzard in appearance or habits, such as having a featherless head or scavenging for food.
The old man's hunched shoulders and featherless, wrinkled head gave him a viru look, fierce even when he smiled.
那位老人駝背聳肩、頭頂光禿起皺，一副禿鷲般的模樣，即使微笑也很兇猛。
attributive use with concrete physical description
A group of viru birds circled above the dry riverbed, watching for dead animals below.
一群禿鷲般的鳥在乾涸的河床上方盤旋，尋找底下的死動物。
Minh sketched the bird's bare head and hooked beak — its viru features — for her biology notebook.
Minh 在筆記本上畫下那隻鳥的禿頭與鉤狀喙——這些禿鷲般的特徵。
The Lima zoo displayed Andean condors and king vultures together in a viru bird exhibit.
利馬動物園將安第斯神鷲與國王禿鷲一起放在禿鷲鳥類展區展示。
Sofie watched the bird's viru posture: its head tucked low between hunched shoulders on the dead branch.
Sofie 觀察那隻鳥的禿鷲般姿態：牠的頭低垂在弓起的雙肩之間，停在枯枝上。
- vulture-like
the natural English equivalent, much more common
- buzzard-like
similar meaning, used mainly in British English
- raptorial
technical term for bird-of-prey characteristics, broader in scope
文法句型
viru + noun
用法筆記
Extremely rare in modern English. This word is primarily encountered in Spanish-to-English reference works as a translation of 'gallinazo' (vulture). Most English speakers would instead use 'vulture-like' or 'buzzard-like'.