(noun.) any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion.
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双语例句
Mr. Pickwick replied that he was at present suspended at the George and Vulture. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
George and Vulture. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
She's a perfect vulture, you know; and she hasn't the least moral sense. 伊迪丝·华顿.快乐之家.
Call Mr. Pickwick's servant, Tom,' said the barmaid of the George and Vulture. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
When the fever of my young life is spent; when placid age shall tame the vulture that devours me, friendship may come, love and hope being dead. 玛丽·雪莱.最后一个人.
He resembles Fielding as an eagle does a vulture: Fielding could stoop on carrion, but Thackeray never does. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
Solitude would be no solitude--rest no rest--while the vulture, hunger, thus sank beak and talons in my side. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.简·爱.
The George and Vulture, at present,' replied that gentleman. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
And yet they hang about my uncle like vultures, and are afraid of a farthing going away from their side of the family. 乔治·艾略特.米德尔马契.
The first I marry, within the hour; the other shall dry her tears or feed the vultures. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
They're like vultures after a battle. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.