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A piranha is a freshwater fish from rivers in South America, especially the Amazon. It has very sharp teeth, and a group of them can take the flesh off a body quickly.
A piranha piranha is a freshwater fish是一種淡水魚 from rivers in South America來自南美洲的河流, especially the Amazon尤其是亞馬遜河. It它有 has very sharp teeth非常銳利的牙齒, and a group of them而且一群piranha can take the flesh off a body quickly可以很快把獵物身上的肉咬光.
Films love this picture and often make piranhas sound like monsters waiting to eat people. Though actually, many kinds eat more fruit, seeds, or already-dead fish than living humans, and attacks on people are much rarer than the stories suggest.
Films電影 love this picture很喜歡這種畫面 and often make piranhas sound like monsters waiting to eat people常常把 piranha 講得像等著吃人的怪物. Though actually不過其實, many kinds很多種類 eat more fruit, seeds, or already-dead fish than living humans吃的其實比較是水果、種子，或已經死掉的魚，不是活人, and attacks on people而且攻擊人的事件 are much rarer than the stories suggest比故事講的還要少見得多.
The English word is first found in 1869. It came in through Portuguese piranha or Spanish piraña, from Old Tupi pirãîa, the local name.
The English word這個英文字 is first found in 1869最早在1869年出現. It它 came in through Portuguese piranha or Spanish piraña是透過葡萄牙文 piranha 或西班牙文 piraña 傳進來的, from Old Tupi pirãîa源自古圖皮語 pirãîa, the local name當地的稱呼.
People also stretch the word: a piranha in a meeting is someone who bites in talk and does not let go.
People人們 also stretch the word也會把這個字用得更廣: a piranha in a meeting在會議裡的一個「piranha」 is someone who bites in talk and does not let go指的是講話咄咄逼人、不肯放過人的人.
組成First in English in 1869. From Portuguese piranha or Spanish piraña, from Old Tupi pirãîa.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
piranhanoun/pɪˈɹɑːn(j)ə/
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biologyichthyologynatural-sciencesAny of certain freshwater fish of the subfamily Serrasalminae, native to South America; they are characterized by razor-sharp teeth and a reputation of being ferocious predators (despite most species being omnivorous).
- At a length of 36cm (14in), the red-bellied piranha was a giant of its kind – more than eight inches longer than an average specimen.
- In The Simpsons, Millhouse is more worried about piranhas than that his mother will stop loving him. Bart is reduced to a skeleton by piranhas from a hosepipe.
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derogatorySomeone, especially a critic, who appears to be part of a swarm and attacks someone when they are vulnerable, as if in a feeding frenzy.
- With the piranhas of Fleet Street working themselves into a feeding frenzy over Commander Brian Paddick, a vicious vocabulary you might have naively imagined abandoned in these more tolerant times has been dusted off and brought back into use.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。