“食人者”常见的英文表达是 “cannibal” ,它既可以作名词,表示“食人者;食人族成员”;也可作形容词,意为“食人的;食人族的” 。例如:
The cannibal was caught by the police.(那个食人者被警察抓住了。 )
There are still some cannibal tribes in the remote areas.(在偏远地区仍有一些食人族部落。 )