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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary cre·a·tive
DATE 1678 1. marked by the ability or power to create : given to creating the creative impulse 2. having the quality of something created rather than imitated : imaginative the creative arts 3. managed so as to get around legal or conventional limits creative financing also : deceptively arranged so as to conceal or defraud creative accounting • cre·a·tive·ly adverb • cre·a·tive·ness noun
noun DATE 1962 1. one who is creative; especially : one involved in the creation of advertisements 2. creative activity or the material produced by it especially in advertising English Etymology creative 1680s, "having the quality of creating," from create. Of literature, "imaginative," from 1816, first attested in Wordsworth. Creative writing is attested from 1907. Related: Creatively (1840); creativity (1875). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 creative cre·ative / kri5eitiv / adjective1. [only before noun] involving the use of skill and the imagination to produce sth new or a work of art 创造(性)的；创作的: a course on creative writing (= writing stories, plays and poems) 创作课程 the creative and performing arts 创作与表演艺术 creative thinking (= thinking about problems in a new way or thinking of new ideas) 创造性思维 the company's creative team 公司的创新组 the creative process 创作的过程 2. having the skill and ability to produce sth new, especially a work of art; showing this ability 有创造力的；(尤指艺术作品)创作的；表现创造力的: She's very creative—she writes poetry and paints. 她极富创造力,既赋诗又作画。 Do you have any ideas? You're the creative one. 你有何高见？你是有创见的人。 • cre·ative·ly adv. • cre·ativ·ity / 7kri:ei5tivEti / noun [U] : Creativity and originality are more important than technical skill. 创造力和独创性比专门技术更为重要。 noun1. [C] a person who is creative 富于创造力的人；搞创作的人: The exhibition features the paintings of local creatives. 这个展览会展出的是当地画家的作品。 2. [U] creative ideas or material 创意；创作素材: We need to produce better creative if we want to attract big clients. 要吸引大客户,我们就得拿出更好的创意。 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English creative adj. VERBS be, feel I don't always feel creative. | become ADV. highly, really, very a highly creative artist | genuinely, truly genuinely creative thinking Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus-11th Edition adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: INVENTIVE , demiurgic, deviceful, ingenious, innovational, innovative, innovatory, original, originative Related Words: causal, institutive, occasional; Promethean Antonyms: uncreative Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged cre·ative I. \(ˈ)krē|ād.]iv, -āt], ]ēv also ]əv sometimes ˈkrēəd.] or -ēət]\adjective 1. : having the power or quality of creating : given to creation 2. : productive — used with of < events creative of alarm > 3. : having the quality of something created rather than imitated or assembled : expressive of the maker : imaginative < creative art > < creative writing > • cre·ative·ly adverb II. adjective : managed so as to get around legal or conventional limits < creative financing > also : deceptively arranged so as to conceal or defraud < creative accounting > III. noun (-s) Etymology: creative, adjective 1. : one that is creative ; especially : one involved in the creation of advertisements 2. : creative activity or the material produced by it especially in advertising |
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