cannibalize
verb(British English also cannibalise)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cannibalize | |
| he / she / it cannibalizes | |
| past simple cannibalized | |
| past participle cannibalized | |
| -ing form cannibalizing |
- cannibalize something (
business 商业 (of a company 公司 to reduce the sales of one of its products by introducing a similar new product （公司的新产品）竞食，冲击（另一种类似产品的销售） We believe the two perfumes appeal to different buyers and won’t cannibalize one another’s sales. 我们相信这两种香水吸引不同的人购买，不会自相竞争而降低各自的销售量。
- cannibalize something
to take the parts of a machine, vehicle, etc. and use them to repair or build another 拆用（旧零件修理或装配另一部机器或车） The turbine building was partly stripped and cannibalized for other parts of the building. 涡轮机大楼被部分拆除，拆成了大楼的其他部分。
(of an animal 动物 to eat an animal of its own kind 同类相食： 吃同类动物Female spiders cannibalize courting males. 雌蜘蛛吃掉求偶的雄蜘蛛。