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 Übersetzung für 'to prey on sth' von Englisch nach Deutsch
zool.
to prey on sth.
auf etw. Jagd machen
Teiltreffer
to prey on sb.jdn. ausnehmen
to prey on sb.jdn. ausnutzen
to prey on / upon sb.jdn. als Opfer aussuchen
to prey on [pirates, thieves]ausplündern
Cats prey on mice.Katzen jagen Mäuse.
to prey on sb.'s mindjdm. keine Ruhe lassen
to prey on sb.'s consciencejds. Gewissen plagen
to prey on sb.'s mindjdn. quälen [fig.]
to prey on sb.'s mindan jdm. nagen [fig.]
to prey on sb.'s mind [idiom] jdm. auf / unter den Nägeln brennen [ugs.] [Redewendung]
to prey upon sth.auf etw. Jagd machen
to fall prey to sth.etw.Dat. anheimfallen [geh.]
to fall prey to sb./sth.jdm./etw. zum Opfer fallen
to be the prey of sth.Opfer von etw. sein
to fall prey to sb./sth. [fig.] eine Beute jds./etw. werden [fig.] [auch, vor allem bei unbestimmtem »Täter« oder namentlich Genannten, wie »Max Mustermann«: eine Beute von ...Dat. werden]
to fall prey to sb./sth. [fig.] ein Opfer jds./etw. werden [fig.] [seltener, vor allem bei unbestimmtem »Täter«, auch: ein Opfer von ...Dat. werden]
to preyplündern
151
zool.
prey
Beutetiere {pl}
37
prey Beutefang {m} [die Beute von Raubtieren od. Raubvögeln]
preyBeute {f}
3007
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Anwendungsbeispiele Englisch
  • The marauders continued to prey on the town over the following century, and in 1244 the Prince-Bishops of Antibes moved to Grasse to escape their depredations.
  • Permission to shoot western jackdaws in spring and summer exists in Cyprus as they are thought (incorrectly) to prey on gamebirds.
  • The Fujiwara rulers failed to maintain adequate police forces, which left robbers free to prey on travelers.
  • Though leopards do not usually feed on equids as in Africa, this may be because Persian leopards are larger and strong enough to prey on Asiatic wild asses.
  • The "Haliaeetus" eagles and the osprey ("Pandion haliaetus") mainly prefer to prey on fish, which comprising more than 90% of food for the osprey and some fish eagles.

  • Owls are able to prey on skunks, as they lack a sense of smell.
  • Although for Hesiod Echidna was immortal and ageless, according to Apollodorus Echidna continued to prey on the unfortunate "passers-by" until she was finally killed, while she slept, by Argus Panoptes, the hundred-eyed giant who served Hera.
  • One report describes a large pack of seven to 11 wolves killing a female cougar and her kittens, Although cougars can kill coyotes, the latter have been documented attempting to prey on cougar cubs.
  • The fer-de-lance, one of the most venomous snakes in the New World, may have developed its highly potent venom as a means to prey on or a defense mechanism against large opossums.
  • Very occasionally, they have been known to prey on northern fur seals, harbor seals, and sea otter pups.

  • Unlike adults, juvenile white sharks in the area feed on smaller fish species until they are large enough to prey on marine mammals such as seals.
  • Although the number of dogs killed each year by wolves is relatively low, it induces a fear of wolves entering villages and farmyards to prey on them.
  • After his death, people began to die in the surrounding area and it was widely believed that Miloš had returned to prey on the neighbours.
  • During the first summer of the war, Washington began outfitting schooners and other small seagoing vessels to prey on ships supplying the British in Boston.
  • The buff-breasted sandpipers are known to prey on "Bombus polaris", a species of bumblebee found within the Arctic Circle.

  • Another species known to prey on Lumbricidae is the Bannan caecilian.
  • Canada jays are suspected but not proven to prey on nests of the threatened marbled murrelet ("Brachyramphus marmoratus") in coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest.
  • Human activities have affected stocks of many species of teleost, through overfishing, Reports indicate that some of the catfish family can be large enough to prey on human bathers.
  • This made the island a profitable location from which to prey on passing Bristol-bound merchant ships bringing back valuable goods from overseas.
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