creature
n. 生物,動物; (具有某種特徵的)人; 傀儡
You can refer to any living thing that is not a plant as a creature, especially when it is of an unknown or unfamiliar kind. People also refer to imaginary animals and beings as creatures .
Alaskan Eskimos believe that every living creature possesses a spirit...
阿拉斯加的愛斯基摩人認為每一個活著的生物都有靈魂。
The garden is surrounded by a hedge in which many small creatures can live...
花園四周是樹籬,許多小動物可以在那裡棲身。
If you say that someone is a particular type of creature, you are focusing on a particular quality they have.
She's charming, a sweet creature...
她很迷人,是個可人兒。
I am not a vain creature...
我不是個愛慕虛榮的人。
If you describe someone as someone else's creature, you mean that they are controlled by or depend on that person.
We are not creatures of the Conservative government.
我們不是保守派政府的傀儡。
1. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
2. a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
3. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
animal, beast, creature, brute, cattle creature :通常指生物或動物,與非生動相對。指人時,則含憐憫或輕蔑的意味。 brute :特指野獸。用於人時,突出其野蠻或殘忍。 cattle :指大牲畜,尤其指牛。
這些名詞均含"動物"之意。
creature of habit
信守常規者;例行公事者
A poor little thing [ creature ]!
可憐的小東西!
They looked upon the creature with a loathing undisguised.
他們流露出明顯的厭惡看那動物.
Of course the dog makes such a noise, the poor creature is chained up all day.
難怪這隻狗汪汪叫吵個不停, 這可憐的小傢伙已被拴了一天了.
Man is a reasoning creature.
人類是一種有理性的動物.
Man is a civil creature.
人是文明的動物.
n. 人類
personearthlingsoulperson-agehumanmortalmanbeing
n. 動物
animalmammalbrutebeastreptileinvertebratevertebratemammalianquadruped
n. 奴才,走狗
slaveparasiteserfhanger-onchamberlainflunkydependentvassalhirelingpuppetminionpageliegemanlackey
n. 惡棍,壞蛋
rascalmonsterogrebrutemiscreantcurwretchscoundrel
n. 生物,創造物
thinglivingbeingsomethingentity
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