kền kền
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Definition
- Noun:
- Vulture: A large bird of prey with a hooked beak, often with a featherless head and neck, that feeds primarily on carrion (dead animals).
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Kền kền đang bay lượn trên bầu trời tìm kiếm xác chết. (Vultures are circling in the sky looking for carcasses.)
- Kền kền có vai trò quan trọng trong hệ sinh thái như những kẻ dọn dẹp. (Vultures play an important role in the ecosystem as scavengers.)
Advanced Usage
- "Đầu như đầu kền kền": An idiom describing someone with a bald or shaved head, likening it to a vulture's featherless head.
- Ông ấy cạo trọc đầu, trông như đầu kền kền vậy. (He shaved his head, it looks like a vulture's head.)
Variants and Related Words
- Chim kền kền: Another way to say "vulture," explicitly including the word for bird ("chim").
- Kền kền cổ trắng: White-rumped vulture (a specific species).
- Kền kền đầu đỏ: Red-headed vulture (a specific species).
- Chim ăn xác chết: Scavenger bird (a descriptive term, not a direct synonym).
Synonyms
- Chim thây ma: Literally "corpse bird" (a less common, descriptive synonym).
- Kẻ ăn xác chết: Scavenger (a general term for any creature that eats carrion).
Related Idioms and Phrases
- "Mắt kền kền": To have eyes like a vulture; used to describe someone who is keenly observant, often in a greedy or predatory way, looking for an opportunity.
- Tên buôn lậu có đôi mắt kền kền, luôn tìm kiếm lỗ hổng pháp luật. (The smuggler has vulture eyes, always looking for loopholes in the law.)
- Vulture