名詞 vulture:

1. any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion
2. someone who attacks in search of booty
   同義詞：marauder, predator, piranha

1. Any of various North American vultures, such as the turkey vulture.
   美洲兀鷹，紅頭兀鷹北美禿鷲的一種，如紅頭美洲鷲
2. His emblems are the spear and the burning torch; His chosen animals are haunters of the battle field, -- the vulture and the dog.
   他佩帶的徽記是長矛和燃燒著的火炬; 他的愛畜是兀鷹和獵犬－－－兩種戰(zhàn)場上的常客。
3. They are all vultures round the bedside of the dying millionaire.
   他們都是圍攏在將要去世的百萬富翁床邊的貪心人。
4. Vulture is a large bird usually with a head and neck almost bare of feathers.
   禿鷹是一種頭和脖子幾乎沒毛的大鳥。

vul.ture

n.（名詞）
Any of various large birds of prey of the New World family Cathartidae or of the Old World family Accipitridae, characteristically having dark plumage and a featherless head and neck and generally feeding on carrion.
兀鷲：西半球大陸新域鷲科或東半球大陸鷲鷹科大型捕食猛禽的一種，特征是具有黑色羽毛和無毛的頭和頸，食用腐肉
A person of a rapacious, predatory, or profiteering nature.
貪婪的人：具有貪婪、兇殘或逐利性格的人

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French voltour
源自 古法語 voltour
from Latin vultur
源自 拉丁語 vultur