1N-COUNT 兀鹫;秃鹫 A vulture is a large bird which lives in hot countries and eats the flesh of dead animals. 兀鹫;秃鹫
2N-COUNT 趁火打劫的人;乘人之危的人 If you describe a person as a vulture, you disapprove of them because you think they are trying to gain from another person's troubles. 趁火打劫的人;乘人之危的人 [journalism, disapproval]
With no buyer in sight for the company as a whole, the vultures started to circle.
VULTURE + VERB➤circle, hover, soar禿鷲盤旋/翱翔/高飛◇Vultures circled overhead as the lions fed.獅子進食的時候,禿鷲在上空盤旋。➤gather, wait (both oftenfigurative) 禿鷲聚集在一起/等待◇The vultures are waiting for the bank to crash.那些貪婪的人在等待着銀行的崩潰。➤swoop禿鷲俯衝➤pick at sth, pick sth apart禿鷲啄食⋯/撕扯⋯◇a vulture picking at the body of a dead animal啄食動物死屍的禿鷲