Culture vulture 文化禿鷹
A King Vulture at a zoo in Panama City. Photo: AFP / Rodrigo Arangua
今日小常識
There are 16 different types of vulture. Many kinds have bald heads, without normal feathers, so they can feed on dead animals without getting dirty.
世界上有16種不同型別的禿鷹，其中很多種類的禿鷹腦袋上光禿禿的'，沒有羽毛。這樣在它們食取動物屍體時能避免頭部玷汙。
今日短語
如果你對藝術、音樂或戲劇特別感興趣，那麼人們可能會把稱為一個 a culture vulture 文化狂熱分子。
例句
William's going to see three exhibitions and a Beethoven symphony on Saturday. That guy's such a culture vulture.
Oh, give me the Arts section of that magazine. I'm a culture vulture; I need to know what's on at the moment.
請注意
注意，那些乘人之危牟取私利的人被稱為 a vulture - 貪心的禿鷹。
People who lend the poor money with high interest rates are vultures.