อีแร้ง
ee ráeng
Meanings
1NounB1
vulture (scavenging bird)
a large scavenging bird of prey that feeds on carrion; a vulture
Examples
ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asอีแร้งee ráengอีแร้งee ráeng1vulture (scavenging bird)2predatory; exploitative personตัวใหญ่dtuua yàiตัวใหญ่dtuua yài1big; large-bodied2large letters; uppercase (colloq.)เกาะgòrเกาะgòr1island2[to] cling; [to] hold on3[to] stick; [to] adhere4[to] dock; [to] come alongside (by boat)อยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainบนbonบนbon1on; upon2upper; top3[to] vow (at a shrine)กิ่งไม้gìng máaiกิ่งไม้gìng máaitree branch
I saw a big vulture perched on a tree branch.
2NounB2
predatory; exploitative person
a person who ruthlessly takes advantage of others’ misfortune or weakness; an opportunist (figurative, often derogatory)
Examples
พอporพอpor1enough; sufficient2enough; sufficiently3[to] suffice; be enough4quite; rather; fairly5as soon as; when6only; just; merelyมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoข่าวkàaoข่าวkàao1news; news report2news item; report3rumor; hearsayว่าwâaว่าwâa1[to] say; tell; say that2[to] think; consider; deem3that (clause marker)4about; regarding5[to] scold; reproach; criticizeบริษัทbò-rí-sàtบริษัทbò-rí-sàtcompany; firm; corporationจะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ล้มละลายlóm lá-laaiล้มละลายlóm lá-laai1[to] go bankrupt; be declared bankrupt2bankrupt; insolventก็gâwก็gâw1also; too2then; so (sequence/result)3even; after all (emphasis/justification)4conditional marker (if… then…)5topic/resumption markerมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoพวกpûuakพวกpûuak1group; set; category2those; the ... ones (pluralizing prefix)3we; you all; they (pluralizer with pronouns/names)4those people (often pejorative)5gang; faction; cliqueอีแร้งee ráengอีแร้งee ráeng1vulture (scavenging bird)2predatory; exploitative personจ้องjôngจ้องjông1[to] stare; fix one’s gaze2[to] set one’s sights on; target (figurative)จะjàจะjà1will; shall (future/intention marker)2about to; going to (near future, often w/ กำลังจะ)3then; would (result in conditionals)ซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offกิจการgìt-jà-gaanกิจการgìt-jà-gaan1business; enterprise2affairs; operationsในnaiในnai1in; inside; within2during; in (time)3of (formal/official)ราคาถูกraa-kaa tòokราคาถูกraa-kaa tòokinexpensive; low-priced
Once there was news that the company was going bankrupt, there were vultures waiting to buy the business at a cheap price.
Related Words
Word Breakdown
อีeeอีee1vulgar female prefix2vulgar slur for a woman3colloquial female prefix (dialectal; impolite)Part 1
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อีแร้งee ráengอีแร้งee ráengvulture (scavenging bird)