Prey

Definition

prey /preÇ/ n (က) သားေကာင္။ The lion stalked its prey through the long grass. ❍ Mice and other small creatures are the owl's prey. (ခ) [ဥ] အမဲ။ [ဥ] သားေကာင္။ She was easy prey for dishonest salesmen. ❏ be/fall prey to sth [ IDM ] ( rather fml ) ၁။ သားေကာင္ ျဖစ္သြားသည္။ young people falling prey to drugs ❍ The zebra fell prey to the lion. ၂။ (စိတ္) ဖမ္းစားခံရသည္။ She was prey to irrational fears. ❏ prey on/upon sb/sth [ PHRV ] ၁။ ဖမ္းဆီးသတ္ျဖတ္ စားသည္။ hawks preying on small birds. ၂။ ႏိုင္စားသည္။ အႏိုင္က်င့္အျမတ္ထုတ္သည္။ bogus social workers preying on old people. ❏ prey on sb's mind [ IDM ] စိတ္တေစၧ ေျခာက္လွန္႔လ်က္ ရိွသည္။ The thought that he was responsible for her death preyed on his mind.

Examples

1. Spiders usually catch their prey by building webs.
2. A hired killer stalking his prey
3. [easy prey] : Homeless children were easy prey for drug dealers and pimps in the capital.