英:[biːst]
美:[biːst]
英:[biːst]
美:[biːst]
复数:beasts
第三人称单数:beasts
现在分词:beasting
过去式:beasted
过去分词:beasted
词根:beast
adj.beastly 野蛮的;残忍的;可恶的
adv.beastly 极,非常
noun
a four-footed mammal as distinguished from a human being, a lower vertebrate, and an invertebrate
a lower animal as distinguished from a human being
an animal as distinguished from a plant
an animal under human control
a contemptible person
something formidably difficult to control or deal with
wild beastn. 野兽
beauty and the beast《美女与野兽》(动画片)
a beast of[口语]粗野;恶劣
beast of burden驮兽(如马、驴等)
beast of prey食肉兽,猛兽
beauty and beast美女与野兽(电影名及电影主题曲)
这组词都有“动物”的意思,其区别是:
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。
brute特指野兽。用于人时,突出其野蛮或残忍。
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。
cattle指大牲畜,尤其指牛。
animal普通用词,指区别于植物和矿物而言的动物的总称。
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约于1200年, beste,“低等动物”(与 man 相对),尤指“四足动物”,还指“神奇的生物,怪物”(美人鱼,狼人,蛇女,半人马,启示录中的野兽),“畜生或愚蠢的人”,源自古法语 beste “动物,野兽”,比喻为“傻瓜,白痴”(11世纪,现代法语 bête),来自于通俗拉丁语 *besta,源自拉丁语 bestia “野兽,猛兽”,其起源不详。
这个词在中古英语中用于翻译拉丁语 animal。它取代了古英语 deor(见 deer)作为“野生动物”的通用词,直到16世纪被 animal 取代。
Middle English beste, from Anglo-French, from Latin bestia
The first known use of beast was in the 13th century
beatificadjective
having a blissful appearance
a beatific smile
beatenadjective
worn smooth by passing feet
the beaten path
beastnoun
a four-footed mammal as distinguished from human beings and from lower animals both with and without backbones
a farm animal especially when kept for heavy work
a mean or brutal person
beastly1 of 2adjective
of, relating to, or resembling a beast : bestial
informal disagreeable sense 1, unpleasant
beastly weather
beastly2 of 2adverb
very entry 2 sense 1
a beastly cold day
beastly1 of 2adjective
of, relating to, or resembling a beast : bestial
informal disagreeable sense 1, unpleasant
beastly weather
beastly2 of 2adverb
very entry 2 sense 1
a beastly cold day
beastnoun
a four-footed mammal as distinguished from human beings and from lower animals both with and without backbones
a farm animal especially when kept for heavy work
a mean or brutal person
1 We can, following Abbott, imagine a world of one dimension, where everyone is a line segment, or even the magical world of zero-dimensional beasts, the points.
2 The “enemy,” a Khmer Rouge soldier or a wild beast, a monster or a ghostly man-creature, comes after me with knives, guns, axes, machetes.
3 Kay said, “Wake up, wake up, you beast Where have you been?”
4 He, Inigo, frightened of beasts and crawlers and anything that stung, had brought them down the Zoo unharmed.
5 “You have nothing but your filthy tongue, and believe you me, that’ll be no use to you now. Poke your fingers into his eyes, Teresa! Kick him, bite him, the beast!”
6 “Okay. I guess you got a point. But next time I say you’re totally beast—* “Just shut up,” Frank said.
7 “Though it’s little faith I’m having, John, that the beast can do the trick.”
8 Not all mythical beasts are friendly, of course, but even the hostile ones have certain amiable redeeming aspects.
9 The Horned King uttered the long cry of a wild beast, and his riders took it up as they streamed after him.
10 Living in a giant maze, surrounded by hideous beasts.
11 You plead with me your daughter sister sister for release, but I am no little beast and have no reason to judge.
12 The Demiguise is a peaceful herbivorous beast, something like a graceful ape in appearance, with large, black, doleful eyes more often than not hidden by its hair.
13 That life has changed fundamentally over the aeons is entirely clear from the alterations we have made in the beasts and vegetables during the short tenure of humans on Earth, and from the fossil evidence.
14 The beasts of the Night Zoo had been freed.
15 Caged like beasts were murderers, rapists, gangsters, and robbers.
16 Those other beasts and vegetables are probably radically different from any organism we know here.
17 He was also a beast at the plate, driving in five—three on a home run that landed in the next zip code.
18 To wish to make a life in that wasteland of rock and flame, you’d have to be a beast without a sense of beauty, hope, or joy.
19 "What of the beast that savaged your son?"
20 “Do your duty, boy! Unless you want to be in the belly of one of those beasts!”
2 兽性
animal bestial brute bestiality brutalism animality animalism beastly animalistic brutism beastliness brutehood brutalness
5 反对基督的人
9 动物
animal creature brood decoy zoo- zoological zoic zoogenic zoon zoa thing yearling myriapod critter denizen beastie figure zoonic brute mouth wight dumb creatures animate creatural draft deer animality zooid inhabitant fauna bugger menagerie creatureliness
10 令人讨厌的人
erk ratbag dickhead oik fleabag terror blister undesirable tyke a nasty bit of work
13 行为不端的人
16 粗野的人
17 恶棍
devil rogue mug adversary thug scab rascal wretch scoundrel baddy miscreant ned blackguard scapegrace whoreson picaroon plug-ugly bully boy hard nut
18 讨厌的人
pain terror bore pest plague nuisance menace skunk toad stinker gadfly turn-off pill cow rat fart swine scumbag ratbag scunge
29 牛马