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piranha

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n.[鱼]水虎鱼(产于南美产的一种小鱼)

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piranha


/pɪ'rɑ:njə; pɪ`rɑnjə/
n any of various types of small tropical American freshwater fish which attack and eat live animals 锯脂鲤, 比拉鱼(南美淡水小鱼, 能掠食活动物).

piranha


n[C]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: Portuguese;Origin:Tupi]
a South American fish with sharp teeth that lives in rivers and eats flesh
1. The river swarmed with piranha, the flesh-eating fish that hunted in packs and could easily strip a cow to its bare bones within a minute.
    河里到处都是食肉鱼,这种食肉鱼成群结队觅食,不到一分钟就能把一头牛吃得只剩下一副骨架。

2. Nothing happened. For some reason the piranha weren´t there.
    什么都没发生。不知是什么原因,那些食肉鱼不在那里。

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