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man-eating
adjective[ before noun ]
uk /ˈmænˌiː.tɪŋ/ us /ˈmænˌiː.t̬ɪŋ/
man-eatingadjective[before noun] (ANIMAL)
used to describe animals that kill and eat people: （动物）食人的
a man-eating tiger食人虎
Some Hawaiian warriors had a kind of graduation ceremony that involved killing a man-eating shark. 一些夏威夷战士有一种类似毕业礼的典礼，其中包括杀死一条食人鲨。
Jaguars are rarely aggressive toward humans, and, unlike leopards, have not developed man-eating tendencies.
Diver-photographers got dangerously close to the man-eating great white shark in the 1971 documentary "Blue Water, White Death."
The story refers to a Chinese legend of a bandit who saved a village from a man-eating tiger and became an unlikely hero.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
General & informal words for animals
alley cat
anti-predator
arthropod
beast
beastie
bossy
ESA
feathered
feathered friendidiom
fluff ball
four-legged friend
fur baby
furry
marsupial
myriapod
pest
pet
predator
prey
stray
man-eatingadjective[before noun] (WOMAN)
humorous
used to describe a woman who attracts or has sex with a lot of men, but does not love them: （女人）玩弄男性的
She played a man-eating air stewardess in the film.她在影片中扮演一个玩弄男性的空姐。
She insists her man-eating reputation is a cruel lie.她坚持认为她玩弄男性的名声是一个残酷的谎言。
The film transplanted her to South London to play a man-eating hairdresser.
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man-eater
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