creature['kri:tʃә]
汉语翻译
n. 人, 动物, 创造物, 生物
词型变化
名词:creatureliness 形容词:creatural
词意辨析
animal, beast, creature, brute, cattle这些名词均含“动物”之意。
animal: 普通用词,指区别于植物和矿物而言的动物的总称。
beast: 指有别于爬行动物、昆虫等的较大的四脚兽类或牛、马等牲畜。
creature: 通常指生物或动物,与非生动相对。指人时,则含怜悯或轻蔑的意味。
brute: 特指野兽。用于人时,突出其野蛮或残忍。
cattle: 指大牲畜,尤其指牛。
英语解释
名词 creature:
- a living organism characterized by voluntary movement同义词:animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna
- a human being; `wight' is an archaic term同义词:wight
- a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else同义词:tool, puppet
例句
- Man is the only creature that is gifted with speech.人类是唯一被赋予语言能力的动物。
- This creature lives in the depth of the ocean.这种生物生活在海洋深处。
- Man is a civil creature.人是社会动物。
- We can't see microscopic creature with naked eyes.我们不能用肉眼看到微生物。
- Pandas are precious creatures.熊猫是珍贵的动物。
- He is a creature of habit.他是个墨守成规的人。
详细解释
crea.ture
n.(名词)Something created.创造物
A living being, especially an animal.生物,尤指动物A human being.人One dependent on or subservient to another; a tool.傀儡:依赖他人为生者或听人驱使者;傀儡
【引伸】
crea.tural
adj.(形容词)crea.tureliness
n.(名词)crea.turely
adj.(形容词)