English-Thai Dictionary

prey

N การ ฆ่า สัตว์ เพื่อ อาหาร  kan-ka-sad-puea-ar-han

 

prey

N เหยื่อ  victim loot yuai

 

prey on / upon

PHRV ขโมย  เอาเปรียบ (ผู้อ่อนแอ กว่า  ka-moi

 

prey on / upon

PHRV ล่า เป็น อาหาร  la-pan-ar-han

 

prey on someone's mind / thoughts

IDM ทำให้ วิตกกังวล  press on weigh on tam-hai-wi-tok-kang-won

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PREY

n.[L. proeda.] 1. Spoil; booty; plunder; goods taken by force from an enemy in war.
And they brought the captives and the prey and the spoil to Moses and Eleazar the priest. Numbers 31:12.
In this passage, the captives are distinguished from prey. But sometimes persons are included.
They [Judah ] shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies. 2 Kings 21:14.
2. That which is seized or may be seized by violence to be devoured; ravine. The eagle and the hawk dart upon their prey.
She sees herself the monster's prey.
The old lion perisheth for lack of prey. Job 4:11.
3. Ravage; depredation.
Hog in sloth, fox in stealth, lion in prey.
Animal or beast of prey, is a carnivorous animal; one that feeds on the flesh of other animals. The word is applied to the larger animals, as lions, tigers, hawks, vultures, etc. rather than to insects; yet an insect feeding on other insects may be called an animal of prey.

 

PREY

v.i.To prey on or upon, is to rob; to plunder; to pillage. 1. To feed by violence, or to seize and devour. The wolf preys on sheep; the hawk preys on chickens.
2. To corrode; to waste gradually; to cause to pine away. Grief preys on the body and spirits; envy and jealousy prey on the health.
Language is too faint to show
His rage of love; it preys upon his life;
He pines, he sickens, he despairs, he dies.

 

PREYER

n.He or that which preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer.

 

PREYING

ppr. Plundering; corroding; wasting gradually.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PREY

Prey, n. Etym: [OF. preie, F. proie, L. praeda, probably for praeheda. See Prehensile, and cf. Depredate, Predatory. ]

 

Defn: Anything, as goods, etc. , taken or got by violence; anything taken by force from an enemy in war; spoil; booty; plunder. And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest. Num. xxxi. 12.

 

2. That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured; hence, a person given up as a victim. The old lion perisheth for lack of prey. Job iv. ii. Already sees herself the monster's prey. Dryden.

 

3. The act of devouring other creatures; ravage. Hog in sloth, fox in stealth, ... lion in prey. Shak. Beast of prey, a carnivorous animal; one that feeds on the flesh of other animals.

 

PREY

Prey, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Preyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Preying. ] Etym: [OF. preier, preer, L. praedari, fr. praeda. See Prey, n.]

 

Defn: To take booty; to gather spoil; to ravage; to take food by violence. More pity that the eagle should be mewed, While kites and buzzards prey at liberty. Shak. To prey on or upon. (a ) To take prey from; to despoil; to pillage; to rob. Shak. (b ) To seize as prey; to take for food by violence; to seize and devour. Shak. (c ) To wear away gradually; to cause to waste or pine away; as, the trouble preyed upon his mind. Addison.

 

PREYER

PREYER Prey "er, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, preys; a plunderer; a waster; a devourer. Hooker.

 

PREYFUL

PREYFUL Prey "ful, a.

 

1. Disposed to take prey. [Obs. ] The preyful brood of savage beasts. Chapman.

 

2. Rich in prey. [Obs. ] Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prey

prey |prā preɪ | ▶noun an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food: the kestrel is ready to pounce on unsuspecting prey. • a person or thing easily injured or taken advantage of: he was easy prey for the two con men. • archaic plunder or (in biblical use ) a prize. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (prey on /upon ) hunt and kill for food: small birds that prey on insect pests. • take advantage of; exploit or injure: this is a mean type of theft by ruthless people preying on the elderly. • cause constant trouble and distress to: the problem had begun to prey on my mind . PHRASES fall prey to (also be or become prey to ) be hunted and killed by (an animal ): small rodents fell prey to domestic cats. • be vulnerable to or overcome by: he would often fall prey to melancholy | the settlers become prey to nameless fears. DERIVATIVES prey er noun ORIGIN Middle English (also denoting plunder taken in war ): the noun from Old French preie, from Latin praeda ‘booty, ’ the verb from Old French preier, based on Latin praedari ‘seize as plunder, ’ from praeda.

 

Oxford Dictionary

prey

prey |preɪ | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 an animal that is hunted and killed by another for food: the kestrel pounced on its prey. • a person who is easily deceived or harmed: he was easy prey for the two con men. 2 archaic plunder or (in biblical use ) a prize. ▶verb [ no obj. ] (prey on /upon ) hunt and kill for food: small birds that prey on insect pests. • take advantage of or harm: this is a mean type of theft by ruthless people preying on the elderly. • cause constant distress to: the problem had begun to prey on my mind . PHRASES fall prey to (also be or become prey to ) be hunted and killed by (an animal ): small rodents fell prey to domestic cats. • be vulnerable to or overcome by: he would often fall prey to melancholy | the settlers become prey to nameless fears. DERIVATIVES preyer noun ORIGIN Middle English (also denoting plunder taken in war ): the noun from Old French preie, from Latin praeda ‘booty ’, the verb from Old French preier, based on Latin praedari ‘seize as plunder ’, from praeda.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prey

prey noun 1 the lions killed their prey: quarry, kill. ANTONYMS predator, hunter. 2 she was Julia's easy prey: victim, target, dupe, gull; informal sucker, soft touch, pushover, patsy, sap, schlemiel. PHRASES prey on 1 certain larvae prey on aphids: hunt, catch; eat, feed on, live on /off. 2 they prey on the elderly: exploit, victimize, pick on, take advantage of; trick, swindle, cheat, hoodwink, fleece; informal con. 3 the problem preyed on his mind: oppress, weigh on, weigh heavily on, lie heavy on, gnaw at; trouble, worry, beset, disturb, distress, haunt, nag, torment, plague, obsess.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prey

prey noun 1 lions tend to kill prey their own size: quarry, game, kill. ANTONYMS predator, hunter. 2 an opposing Counsel will find you easy prey in his cross-examination: victim, target, dupe, fool, innocent, gull; informal sucker, soft /easy touch, pushover, chump; Brit. informal muggins, charlie; N. Amer. informal patsy, sap, schlemiel, pigeon, mark; Austral. /NZ informal dill; Brit. informal, dated juggins. PHRASES be prey to Paris was prey to yet another cholera epidemic: succumb to, be overcome by, be overwhelmed by; be stricken with, fall victim to, fall ill with, become infected with, catch, develop, contract, pick up; informal come /go down with. ▶verb PHRASES prey on 1 most hoverfly larvae prey on aphids: hunt, catch, seize; eat, devour, feed on, live on, live off. 2 it is a callous thing to do, to prey on a vulnerable elderly woman: exploit, victimize, molest, pick on, intimidate, harass, hound, take advantage of; trick, swindle, cheat, hoodwink, fleece; attack, terrorize; blackmail, bleed; informal con. 3 the unfinished Requiem had begun to prey on his mind: oppress, weigh on, weigh heavily on, lie heavy on, burden, be a burden on /to, hang over, gnaw at; trouble, worry, beset, disturb, depress, distress, haunt, nag, torment, plague, obsess, take over, take control of.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prey

prey /preɪ / (! prayと同音 ) 名詞 U 1 〖集合的に; 単複両扱い; 通例one 's ～〗(動物の )餌食 （えじき ）, 獲物 ▸ Meat-eating animals have to hunt their prey .肉食獣は獲物を捕えなければならない 2 捕食すること , 肉食性 ▸ a bird [beast ] of prey 猛禽 （もうきん ）[猛獣 ]3 【悪いものに 】とらわれること «to » ▸ Jack was [fell ] prey to superstitions .ジャックは迷信にとらわれていた 4 〖時にa … ～〗【犯罪者などの 】餌食 , 食い物 , 犠牲者 «for , to » ▸ Mary was (an ) easy prey for the swindler .メリーはその詐欺師のよいカモだった 5 ｟古 ｠戦利品 , 略奪品 .動詞 自動詞 1 〈動物が 〉 «…を » 捕食する, 餌食にする «on , upon » ▸ Hawks prey on small animals .タカは小動物を捕食する 2 〈人が 〉【ほかの弱い人を 】食い物にする , 餌食にする ; «…を » 略奪する «on , upon » ▸ prey on A's innocence A 〈人 〉の無知につけこむ 3 【心を 】悩ます , 苦しめる «on , upon » ▸ My wife's illness preyed on my mind .妻の病気が私の心を痛めた