carnivorous的中文解释是‘食肉的’，其中文解释还有’食肉的’的意思，在线读音是[ka:n’iv?r?s]，carnivorous常被用作名词，在《英汉简明词典》中，共找到67个与carnivorous相关的用法和句子。

　　1.食肉的

　　例句:it’s fast, strong, switches from two legs to four and it’s carnivorous.

　　翻译:速度快 力量强 能在两足和四足之间转变 而且食肉。

　　来源：英语ABC实用语法词典

　　carnivorous一般作为名词使用，如在soil carnivorous animal(土壤食肉动物)、soil carnivorous animal(土壤食肉动物)等常见短语中出现较多。

　　soil carnivorous animal土壤食肉动物soil carnivorous animal土壤食肉动物1. This is in nature: it overrides a carnivorous nature and what otherwise would have been a short fight to the death.

　　翻译:这是在自然里：一个食肉性的自然里 一个会斗的你死我活的自然里。

　　2. When waste touches the bottom, crabs, eels and carnivorous sponges gorge on it.

　　翻译:一有残肢末节落到海底 蟹类，鳗类和肉食海绵就会将其一扫而空。

　　3. These wildcats were fast, fierce, carnivorous hunters.

　　翻译:这些野猫是 敏捷凶猛的肉食狩猎者。

　　4. But not many people know that there actually is a real animal called the Tasmanian devil, and it’s the world’s largest carnivorous marsupial.

　　翻译:但很多人并不知道 确实有一种动物叫塔斯马尼亚恶魔（袋獾） 这是世界上最大的肉食性有袋动物。

　　5. -And in fact, doctor, aren’t cows carnivorous?

　　翻译:事实上，医生，奶牛不是食肉动物吧。

　　6. But reptiles, being cold-blooded, need only about a tenth of the food a carnivorous mammal would.

　　翻译:但冷血爬行动物只需要 肉食性哺乳动物十分之一的食物量。

　　7. But there’s another carnivorous plant that’s an even more sophisticated predator.

　　翻译:但另一种食肉植物的 狩猎策略更高明。

　　8. We found carnivorous kangaroos.

　　翻译:还有肉食性的袋鼠。

　　9. The island was carnivorous.

　　翻译:那是一座食人岛。

　　10. Are moose carnivorous? My God!

　　翻译:驼鹿，驼鹿是不是肉食的。

　　11. Three-metre-long, carnivorous nemertean worms.

　　翻译:三公尺长的食肉性纽虫。

　　12. At the same time, there were small lizards, mammals, insects, and there were also carnivorous and herbivorous reptiles — all competing for the same resources.

　　翻译:同时，还有小型蜥蜴， 哺乳动物，昆虫， 而且还有食肉和食草 的爬虫类动物—— 都在为相同的资源而竞争。

　　13. This is a plant that moves quickly, which is rare, and it’s carnivorous, which is also rare.

　　翻译:植物可以快速运动， 非常罕见。而且捕蝇草是 肉食性植物，同样罕见。

　　14. Carnivorous plants tend to grow in places with highly acidic soil, which is r in crucial nutrients like nitrogen, phosphorus, and potium.

　　翻译:食肉植物常生长在强酸性土壤处， 这种土壤缺乏如氮、磷、钾等重要养分。

　　15. We all know the arguments that being vegetarian is better for the environment and for the animals — but in a carnivorous culture, it can be hard to make the change. Graham Hill has a powerful, pragmatic suggestion: Be a weekday veg.

　　翻译:我们都知道吃素帮助环境、保护动物…… 但在今日的肉食文化中，要改变着实不易。Graham Hill 有个建议。