English Dictionary

prey

/pɹeɪ/

noun

(archaic) Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war / That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured

The lion stalked its prey in the tall grass.

意味（1）

(archaic) Anything, such as goods, etc., taken or got by violence; something taken by force from an enemy in war

And they brought the captiues, and the pray, and the spoile vnto Moses and Eleazar the Priest, and vnto the Congregation of the children of Israel, vnto the campe at the plaines of Moab, which are by Iordan neere Iericho.

意味（2）

That which is or may be seized by animals or birds to be devoured

Already sees herself the monster's prey.

意味（3）

A person or thing given up as a victim.

[The helmsman] steered with no end of a swagger while you were by; but if he lost sight of you, he became instantly the prey of an abject funk […]

意味（4）

A living thing that is eaten by another living thing.

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey.

意味（5）

(archaic) The act of devouring other creatures; ravage.

Hog in sloth, fox in stealth, […] lion in prey.

意味（6）

The victim of a disease.