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单词 beast
释义

beast

[ beest ]
/ bist /
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noun

any nonhuman animal, especially a large, four-footed mammal.
the crude animal nature common to humans and the lower animals: Hunger brought out the beast in him.
a cruel, coarse, filthy, or otherwise beastlike person.
a live creature, as distinguished from a plant: What manner of beast is this?
the beast, the Antichrist. Revelation 13:18.

Origin of beast

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English be(e)ste, from Old French beste (French bête ), from Latin bēstia

SYNONYMS FOR beast

3 cad, swine, pig, brute, savage, ogre, monster, barbarian.
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synonym study for beast

1. See animal.

OTHER WORDS FROM beast

beastlike, adjective

Words nearby beast

bear the brunt, bear up, bear with, bearwood, Beas, beast, beast epic, beastie, beastings, beastly, beast of burden
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British Dictionary definitions for beast

beast
/ (biːst) /

noun

any animal other than man, esp a large wild quadruped
savage nature or characteristicsthe beast in man
a brutal, uncivilized, or filthy person

verb

(tr) military slang, slang, mainly British to punish or torture (someone) in a manner that involves excessive physical exercise

Word Origin for beast

C13: from Old French beste, from Latin bestia, of obscure origin
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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