cannibalize
🇺🇸
/ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/
🇬🇧
/ˈkænɪbəlaɪz/
verb
R
When a company introduces a new product that is similar to an existing one, and this action causes the sales of the older product to decrease.
We believe the two perfumes appeal to different buyers and won’t cannibalize one another’s sales.
我們相信這兩種香水吸引不同的買家，不會相互蠶食彼此的銷售。
R
To use parts from one machine or vehicle to repair or build another.
The turbine building was partly stripped and cannibalized for other parts of the building.
渦輪機大樓部分被剝離並被用於大樓的其他部分。
R
When an animal eats another of its own species.
Female spiders cannibalize courting males.
雌蜘蛛會吃掉求偶的雄蜘蛛。
translation
蠶食自身產品, 拆用零件, 同類相食
詞形變化
3rd Present
cannibalizes
Past
cannibalized
Perfect
cannibalized
Progressive
cannibalizing