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单词 man-eating
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Definition of man-eating in English:

man-eating

adjective ˈmaniːtɪŋ
  • 1Denoting an animal that has a propensity for killing and eating humans.

    man-eating sharks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You've got flesh-eating, man-eating dinosaurs basically interacting with children.
    • Suddenly they are confronted by a man-eating lion.
    • For the good folk of Fly Creek, the Devil has appeared in the shape of man-eating earthworms.
    • Nearly everyone has an odd fantasy about "man-eating beasts."
    • I wonder how he would explain the proliferation today of man-eating rats.
    • They should not just be harvesting the man-eating crocodiles without sensitizing communities on their potential to contribute positively to tourism.
    • I guess I'd like my man-eating python a bit earlier in the episode.
    • A village in the north of India has been plagued by a man-eating Bengal tiger.
    • The short film is a funny spoof substituting killer bread for man-eating zombies.
    • A disturbed little boy wanders out into the woods and finds a family of man-eating troglodytes trapped in a pit.
  • 2informal Denoting a dominant woman who has many sexual partners.

    she had often been cast as a man-eating seductress
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She plays the man-eating vamp stereotype to the hilt.
    • Once, I dressed up as a man-eating hooker from outer space.
    • Her truly loud, tarty, and man-eating Lady Capulet was developing nicely.
    • She managed to steal most of the honors, turning in a cracking performance as the man-eating Dorien.
    • We see in her a formidable, man-eating, middle-aged woman.
    • Just when her interest in Mark begins to emerge, he hooks up with the man-eating lawyer who is determined to marry him.
    • Desperate to leave his past behind—especially man-eating Jackie—he has decided to start a new life with his teenage daughter.
    • She stars as a man-eating singleton who finally meets the guy who sets her heart aflutter, so she takes a weekend road trip to track him down.
    • Their 25-year marriage suffers when James is seduced by his wife's man-eating young friend, a photographer.
    • As the man-eating Diane, she displays impeccable comic timing.

Definition of man-eating in US English:

man-eating

adjectiveˈman ˌēdiNG
  • 1Denoting an animal that has a propensity for killing and eating humans.

    man-eating sharks
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A village in the north of India has been plagued by a man-eating Bengal tiger.
    • A disturbed little boy wanders out into the woods and finds a family of man-eating troglodytes trapped in a pit.
    • You've got flesh-eating, man-eating dinosaurs basically interacting with children.
    • For the good folk of Fly Creek, the Devil has appeared in the shape of man-eating earthworms.
    • Nearly everyone has an odd fantasy about "man-eating beasts."
    • I guess I'd like my man-eating python a bit earlier in the episode.
    • The short film is a funny spoof substituting killer bread for man-eating zombies.
    • They should not just be harvesting the man-eating crocodiles without sensitizing communities on their potential to contribute positively to tourism.
    • I wonder how he would explain the proliferation today of man-eating rats.
    • Suddenly they are confronted by a man-eating lion.
  • 2informal Denoting a dominant woman who has many sexual partners.

    she had often been cast as a man-eating seductress
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Once, I dressed up as a man-eating hooker from outer space.
    • Just when her interest in Mark begins to emerge, he hooks up with the man-eating lawyer who is determined to marry him.
    • As the man-eating Diane, she displays impeccable comic timing.
    • Her truly loud, tarty, and man-eating Lady Capulet was developing nicely.
    • She stars as a man-eating singleton who finally meets the guy who sets her heart aflutter, so she takes a weekend road trip to track him down.
    • Desperate to leave his past behind—especially man-eating Jackie—he has decided to start a new life with his teenage daughter.
    • She managed to steal most of the honors, turning in a cracking performance as the man-eating Dorien.
    • She plays the man-eating vamp stereotype to the hilt.
    • We see in her a formidable, man-eating, middle-aged woman.
    • Their 25-year marriage suffers when James is seduced by his wife's man-eating young friend, a photographer.
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