英语单词 | beast |
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英美音标 | 英 [biːst] 美 [biːst] |
中文释义 | n.兽;畜牲 |
英语例句 | (1) The lion is called the king of beasts. (2) The hunters blocked up the hole of the beast. (3) He put the beast out and headed home. |
中文例句 | (1) 狮子号称百兽之王。 (2) 猎人堵住了兽穴。 (3) 他把这只畜牲丢下,掉头就回家。 |
vocabulary简明 | A beast is an animal — and usually not a gentle or attractive one. You can also call a person a beast when they're behaving in a crude, savage, or horrible way. |
vocabulary扩展 | There are many types of beast in the world: dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, birds, and fish are all beasts. Even tiny critters like bugs are beasts. A beast is basically any living thing, except for plants, because plants can't intentionally move. People can be called beasts too when they behave in a beastly way. A criminal is likely to be called a beast. So is a rude person. Anyone acting in an uncivilized or cruel way is being a beast. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]兽;野兽 You can refer to an animal as a beast, especially if it is a large, dangerous, or unusual one. [LITERARY 文]
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]兽性的人;畜生;禽兽 If you refer to a man as a beast, you mean that his behaviour, especially his sexual behaviour, is very violent and uncontrolled. [usu with supp] [disapproval] [JOURNALISM 新闻]
3 [N-COUNT; N-VOC 可数名词;称呼名词]讨厌鬼;王八蛋 If you call someone a beast, you think that they are behaving in a selfish, unkind, or unpleasant way. [disapproval] [INFORMAL 非正式] [OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
4 [N-COUNT 可数名词](含诙谐意)有特定性质的事物,性格特别的人 You can use beast to refer to something or someone in a light-hearted way, and to mention that they have a particular quality. [usu adj N]
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