carrion
noun /ˈkæriən/
/ˈkæriən/
[uncountable]- enlarge imagethe decaying (= becoming destroyed by natural processes) bodies of dead animals
(死动物的)腐肉 - crows feeding on carrion
以腐肉为食的乌鸦
Collocations DictionaryCarrion is used before these nouns:- crow
词源Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French caroine, caroigne, Old French charoigne, based on Latin caro ‘flesh’. - crows feeding on carrion