English Dictionary

prey

IPA（発音記号）

/pɹeɪ/

名詞

古語 可算名詞 不可算名詞

(archaic) Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war / That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured

日本語の意味

捕食対象、すなわち動物や鳥が捕らえて食べる対象となるもの / （古風な用法で）戦争などで敵から力ずくで奪い取った品物、戦利品

After the raid, the soldiers divided the prey among themselves without pity.

襲撃の後、兵士たちは容赦なく戦利品を分け合った。

意味（1）

(archaic) Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war

And they brought the captiues, and the pray, and the spoile vnto Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the Congregation of the children of Israel, vnto the campe at the plaines of Moab, which are by Iordan neere Iericho.

意味（2）

That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured

Already sees herself the monster's prey.

意味（3）

A person or thing given up as a victim.

[The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk […]

意味（4）

A living thing that is eaten by another living thing.

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey.

意味（5）

(archaic) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.

Hog in sloth, fox in stealth, […] lion in prey.

意味（6）

The victim of a disease.

preys （ plural ）