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Beast Called N Count 可数名词 Refer Animal Call Behaving

英语单词 beast
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]
  • ...the threats our ancestors faced from wild beasts.

    我们祖先面对的来自野兽的威胁

  • ...a centaur: half man, half beast.

    半人半马怪物:一半人身,一半兽形

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]
  • ...a sex beast who subjected two sisters to a terrifying ordeal.

    使两姐妹遭受恐怖摧残的色魔

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]
  • Bully! Hooligan! Beast! Let me go, let go!

    混蛋!流氓!王八蛋!放开我,放开!

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]
  • ...that rare beast, a sports movie that isn't boring.

    这场体育电影还挺有意思,真难得

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