食肉兽 meaning in Chinese

beast of prey

The inn - keeper himself was a man of from forty to fifty - five years of age , tall , strong , and bony , a perfect specimen of the natives of those southern latitudes ; he had dark , sparkling , and deep - set eyes , hooked nose , and teeth white as those of a carnivorous animal ; his hair , like his beard , which he wore under his chin , was thick and curly , and in spite of his age but slightly interspersed with a few silvery threads
客栈老板是一个年约四十多岁的人，身材高大强壮，骨胳粗大，典型的法国南部人。两眼深陷而炯炯有神，鹰钩鼻，牙雪白，就象一只食肉兽。虽然他已上了年纪，但他的头发，却似乎不愿变白，象他那胡须一样，茂密而卷曲，但已略微混入了几根银丝。