creature
noun /ˈkriːtʃə(r)/
/ˈkriːtʃər/
Idioms 生物;动物 - respect for all living creatures
对所有生物的尊重 - alien/strange/mythical creatures
外星/奇怪/神秘的生物 - octopuses and other sea creatures
章鱼和其他海洋生物 - The dormouse is a shy, nocturnal creature.
睡鼠是一种在夜间活动的胆小动物。
Topics Insects, worms, etc.b2, Animalsb2- Dogs are more social creatures than cats.
狗比猫更喜欢群居。 - I dreamt of evil creatures who were trying to catch me.
我梦见邪恶的怪物要抓我。 - It is awesome to see these magnificent creatures in flight.
看到这些漂亮的动物飞翔,真是令人惊叹。 - The newborn young are helpless creatures and easy prey for birds.
新生的小动物弱小无助,很容易遭猛禽捕食。 - These timid little creatures exude a pungent smell when threatened.
这些胆小的小动物受到威胁就会放出一股刺鼻的气味。 - Woodland creatures such as foxes and owls are increasingly common in towns.
林中动物如狐狸、猫头鹰等在镇子里越来越常见了。 - a strange creature from another planet
来自另一个行星的奇怪生物 - the wild creatures of the forest
森林里的野生动物 - Goblins and other dangerous creatures lurked inside the cave.
妖怪和其他危险动物埋伏在洞穴里。 - We share the land with all living creatures and have a duty to preserve its riches.
我们与所有生物共享土地,有责任保护其财富。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- living
- primitive
- simple
- …
- respect for all living creatures
- (especially following an adjective
) a person, considered in a particular way尤置于形容词后 (具有某种特征的)人 - You pathetic creature!
你这可怜的家伙! - She was an exotic creature with long red hair and brilliant green eyes.
她有着红色长发、明亮碧眼,是个少见的异域美人。 - He always goes to bed at ten—he's a creature of habit (= he likes to do the same things at the same time every day).
他总在十点钟上床睡觉,是个严守生活习惯的人。
- She was a sociable creature; she liked people.
她是一个善于交际的人;她喜欢人。 - a complex/unhappy creature
复杂/不快乐的生物 - a poor/sad/charming creature
可怜/悲伤/迷人的动物
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- living
- primitive
- simple
- …
- You pathetic creature!
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘something created’): via Old French from late Latin creatura, from the verb creare ‘to produce’.
Idioms
a/the creature of somebody | somebody’s creature
- (formal, disapproving) a person or thing that depends completely on somebody else and is controlled by them
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