| 词汇 | animal |
| 释义 | animal /`anәml/ n. A living creature possessing feeling and voluntary motion. 动物。 Any one of the lower animals. 畜牲；较低等动物。 A brutish person. 畜牲般的人；畜牲。 Mammal as distinguished from a bird, insect, or fish. 哺乳动物(以别于鸟、昆虫、鱼)。 adj. Designating, or pertaining to, the broad group of living organisms not classified as plants. 动物的。 the animal kingdom 动物界。 animal courage 蛮勇。 animal spirits 生气；活力。 animal husbandry 畜牧业；畜牧学。 Pertaining to the physiological attributes of man held in common with the lower animals. 动物性的。 Pertaining to the senses; carnal. 官能上的；肉欲的；肉体的。 animal heat 体温。 cf. Animal is applied to all living, moving, feeling beings, as distinguished from plants and lifeless objects. Animal 指一切活的，能移动的，有感觉的生物而言，与植物及无生命之物有别： A man called an animal is one whom the lower nature controls. 称人为animal，指其为下等天性所制，不能自持。 Brute is applied to animals thought of as savage or not endowed with reason. Brute 指野蛮或无理性的动物而言： A brute is one whom cruelty and dulled senses sway. 称人为brute，则指其人秉性凶暴的人。 Beast is applied to the larger four-footed animals, esp. in distinguishing them from reptiles and birds. Beast 则指较大的四足兽，以别于爬虫或鸟类： A beast is one who gives way to sensuality, or who is content to live in low and filthy surroundings. 称人为 beast， 则指其人纵情肉欲，甘心处于污浊环境之中。 His drunken habits made a beast of him. 他宿醉的习惯使他像个野兽。 Figuratively, applied to man, these are all terms of reproach. 这些字都是骂人的话。 synonyms brute, beast. |
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