predation

N การปล้นสะดม  kan-plon-sa-dom

PREDATION

Pre *da "tion, n. Etym: [L. praedatio, fr. praedari to plunder. ]

predation

pre da tion |priˈdāSHən prəˈdeɪʃən | ▶noun 1 the preying of one animal on others: an effective defense against predation. 2 the action of attacking or plundering: the old story of male predation and female vulnerability | the predations of would-be pirates. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the Latin sense ): from Latin praedatio (n- ) ‘taking of booty, ’ from the verb praedari ‘seize as plunder, ’ from praeda ‘booty. ’ The zoological sense dates from the 1930s.

predation

predation |prɪˈdeɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the preying of one animal on others: an effective defence against predation. 2 the action of attacking or plundering: the old story of male predation and female vulnerability | [ count noun ] : the predations of would-be pirates. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (in the Latin sense ): from Latin praedatio (n- )‘taking of booty ’, from the verb praedari ‘seize as plunder ’, from praeda ‘booty ’. The zoological sense dates from the 1930s.