• n. 食人者；吃同類的動物
• adj. 食同類的；吃人肉的；兇殘的

來自Caribbean拼寫變體。因早期歐洲殖民者認(rèn)為加勒比海地區(qū)土著居民以人為食，而將該詞帶入英語。

cannibal

cannibal: [16] Cannibal was originally a proper name, applied by the Spaniards to the Carib people of the West Indies (whom they regarded as eaters of human flesh). It is a variant, originally used by Christopher Columbus, of Caribes, which comes from Carib, a word of Carib origin in the Arawakan language of northern South America and the Caribbean. It is related to the Caribs’ name for themselves, Galibi, literally ‘strong men’.

cannibal (n.)

"human that eats human flesh," 1550s, from Spanish canibal, caribal "a savage, cannibal," from Caniba, Christopher Columbus' rendition of the Caribs' name for themselves (see Caribbean). The natives were believed to be anthropophagites. Columbus, seeking evidence that he was in Asia, thought the name meant the natives were subjects of the Great Khan. Shakespeare's Caliban (in "The Tempest") is from a version of this word, with -n- and -l- interchanged, found in Hakluyt's "Voyages" (1599). The Spanish word had reached French by 1515. Used of animals from 1796. An Old English word for "cannibal" was self?ta.

1. Cannibal killer Jeffrey Dahmer has been caught trying to hide a razor blade in his cell.

食人殺手杰弗里·達(dá)默被抓到試圖將一片剃須刀片藏在牢房里。

來自柯林斯例句

2. " We would like very much to have you for dinner, " as the cannibal said to the captured missionary.

嗜食人肉的人對被俘擄的傳教士說: “ 我們想設(shè)宴招待你(吃掉你) ”.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. A life - thirsting , cannibal looking , bloody - minded juryman, the Jacques Three of St. Antoine.

那是圣安托萬區(qū)的杰克三號, 一個嗜殺成性、食人生番式的 、 滿懷血腥的陪審員.

來自英漢文學(xué) - 雙城記

4. His sharp cannibal teeth revealed by cold and wrath, gleamed through the dark.

他那鋒利的食人肉的牙齒,因為寒冷和憤怒而顯露著, 在黑暗中閃閃發(fā)光.

來自辭典例句

5. The Cannibal won't get us without his seven - mile shoes.

食人者沒有他的七里的鞋子將抓不到我們.

來自電影對白