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cannibal 音标拼音: [k'ænəbəl] n. 食人者,吃同类的动物
a. 食同类的,吃人肉的 食人者,吃同类的动物食同类的,吃人肉的 cannibal n 1: a person who eats human flesh [synonym: {cannibal}, {man- eater}, {anthropophagus}, {anthropophagite}] Cannibal \Can"ni*bal\, n. [Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Haiti lived in great fear of the Caribales (equivalent to E. Caribbees.), the inhabitants of the smaller Antilles; which form of the name was afterward changed into NL. Canibales, in order to express more forcibly their character by a word intelligible through a Latin root "propter rabiem caninam anthropophagorum gentis." The Caribbees call themselves, in their own language. Calinago, Carinago, Calliponam, and, abbreviated, Calina, signifying a brave, from which Columbus formed his Caribales.] A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind. --Darwin. [1913 Webster] Cannibal \Can"ni*bal\, a. Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. "Cannibal terror." --Burke. [1913 Webster] 150 Moby Thesaurus words for "cannibal": Brillat-Savarin, Cain, Lucullus, amphibian, animal, anthropophagite, apache, aquatic, assassin, assassinator, barbarian, beast, biped, bloodletter, bloodshedder, board-and-roomer, boarder, bon vivant, bravo, brute, burker, butcher, button man, canine, cannibalistic, carnivore, carnivorous, commensal, connoisseur of food, consumer, cosmopolite, cutthroat, desperado, destroyer, dietetic, diner, diner-out, dining, eater, eater-out, eating, epicure, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, feeder, feeding, feline, flesh-eater, flesh-eating, fruitarian, garroter, gastronome, gastronomic, glutton, gluttonous, gnawer, gorilla, gourmand, gourmet, grain-eater, grain-eating, graminivore, graminivorous, granivore, granivorous, grass-eating, gun, gunman, gunsel, hatchet man, head-hunter, herbivore, herbivorous, high liver, hit man, homicidal maniac, homicide, hungry mouth, hyena, insect-eating, insectivore, insectivorous, invertebrate, killer, lactovegetarian, luncher, mammal, mammalian, man-eater, man-eating, man-killer, manslayer, marsupial, marsupialian, massacrer, matador, meat-eater, meat-eating, mensal, mouth, murderer, nihilist, nourishing, nutritious, omnivore, omnivorous, omophagist, omophagous, pantophagist, pantophagous, pesticide, phytivorous, phytophage, phytophagous, picnicker, plant-eater, plant-eating, poison, poisoner, postprandial, prandial, predacean, predacious, preprandial, primate, quadruped, reptile, rodent, ruminant, savage, scavenger, shark, slaughterer, slayer, strangler, thug, tiger, torpedo, trencherman, trigger man, ungulate, vandal, varmint, vegetable-eating, vegetarian, vermin, vertebrate, wild man, wrecker cani/bal
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