- predatory
[predatory 词源字典]
- predatory: see prey
[predatory etymology, predatory origin, 英语词源] - predatory (adj.)
- 1580s, "involving plundering," from Latin praedatorius "pertaining to plunder," from praedator "plunderer," from praedor "to plunder," from praeda "prey" (see prey (n.)). Of animals, from 1660s.