maneatingとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

man-eating (not comparable)

1. Inclined to eat human flesh; that attacks and kills humans for food.
   • 1852 May 12, The Sydney Morning Herald, page 3, column 2:

     [T]he den of a man-eating tiger, or a mad dog, could not be more dreaded.

   • 1879 July 5, The Mercury and Weekly Courier, page 3, column 8:

     The Lumbardar scouted the idea; the only man-eating leopard in those parts has been killed by the valorous sahib-thanks be to Allah!

   • 1936, F.J. Thwaites, chapter XIV, in The Redemption, Sydney: H. John Edwards, published 1940, page 147:

     "As a matter of fact my thoughts were flashing between Ronda and that man-eating tiger I'm going to bag tomorrow."

アナグラム

• emanating, manganite