prey

獲物

ほかの動物に捕らえられ、食べられる動物。

やさしい英語で： An animal that another animal hunts and eats.

• The owl caught its prey.
• Small fish are prey for larger fish.
• A lion watches its prey before attacking.

反対語： predator

よく使う表現： catch prey, birds of prey, prey animal, prey for someone

犠牲者

病気に襲われたかのように表現される、その病気に苦しむ人。

やさしい英語で： A person who suffers from a disease, described as if the disease were hunting them.

• He became prey to a fever.
• The illness found easy prey among the weakened villagers.
• She was prey to repeated infections throughout the winter.

使い方： become prey to a disease (The exhausted travelers became prey to malaria.)

類義語： victim

よく使う表現： prey to disease, prey of something, become prey to something

捕食する

ほかの動物を捕らえて食べる。

やさしい英語で： To hunt and eat other animals.

• Owls prey on mice.
• The larger fish preyed on smaller ones.
• Which animals prey on these insects?

使い方： prey on/upon something (These spiders prey on small insects.)

類義語： hunt

よく使う表現： prey on something, prey upon something