| 单词 | creativity |
| 释义 | creativity (once / 3254 pages) n Creativity is the ability to transcend the ordinary. It's the critical thinking skill that allows you to "think outside the box" to come up with original solutions to problems. We often think of creativity as limited to the arts, but it is a necessary element in all areas of life. Without creativity we would not have the mathematical theories that presented us with fractals, or the technological imagination that could foresee people walking on the moon. It was creativity that harnessed lightning into electricity and later used that electricity to send messages through wires. Without creativity, we probably would never have invented the wheel or domesticated fire! WORD FAMILYcreative: creatively, creativeness, creativity, uncreative+/create: created, creates, creating, creation, creative, creator, creature, miscreate, re-create, recreate/created: re-created/creation: creationism, creations, re-creation/creator: creators/creature: creatures/miscreate: miscreated, miscreating, miscreation/miscreation: miscreations/re-create: re-creating/recreate: recreated, recreates, recreating, recreation/recreation: recreational, recreations/recreational: nonrecreational, recreationally/uncreative: uncreatively, uncreativeness USAGE EXAMPLES“Pearl Auto is a great example of the creativity and innovation driving the iPhone ecosystem,” said Josh Rosenstock, an Apple spokesman. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) “I really like the creativity that we use to modify them,” she said. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The celebration includes the recognition of the seven Kwanzaa principles of unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n the ability to create Syn|Ant|Exp|Hypo|Hyper creative thinking, creativeness uncreativeness a lack of creativity Augeas (Greek mythology) the mythical Greek king who for 30 years did not clean his stables which contained his vast herd of cattle Alcyone(Greek mythology) a woman who was turned into a kingfisher Arjuna(Hindu mythology) the warrior prince in the Bhagavad-Gita to whom Krishna explains the nature of being and of God and how humans can come to know God Deaththe personification of death Gargantuaa voracious giant in Francois Rabelais' book of the same name Maxwell's demonan imaginary creature that controls a small hole in a partition that divides a chamber filled with gas into two parts and allows fast molecules to move in one direction and slow molecules to move in the other direction through the hole; this would result in one part of the container becoming warmer and the other cooler, thus decreasing entropy and violating the second law of thermodynamics Martianimaginary people who live on the planet Mars Humpty Dumptyan egg-shaped character in a nursery rhyme who fell off a wall and could not be put back together again (late 17th century) Jack Frosta personification of frost or winter weather Mammon(New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit Scylla(Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait Stentorthe mythical Greek warrior with an unusually loud voice who died after losing a shouting contest with Hermes Dardanus(Greek mythology) founder of Troy Ganymede(Greek mythology) a Trojan boy who was so beautiful that Zeus carried him away to serve as cupbearer to the gods Hyperborean(Greek mythology) one of a people that the ancient Greeks believed lived in a warm and sunny land north of the source of the north wind Niobe(Greek mythology) the daughter of Tantalus whose boasting about her children provoked Apollo and Artemis to slay them all; Niobe was turned to stone while bewailing her loss Perseus(Greek mythology) the son of Zeus who slew Medusa (with the help of Athena and Hermes) and rescued Andromeda from a sea monster Andromeda(Greek mythology) an Ethiopian princess and daughter of Cassiopeia; she was fastened to a rock and exposed to a sea monster that was sent by Poseidon, but she was rescued by Perseus and became his wife Cepheus(Greek mythology) king of Ethiopia and husband of Cassiopeia Cassiopeia(Greek mythology) the wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda Midas(Greek legend) the greedy king of Phrygia who Dionysus gave the power to turn everything he touched into gold Sisyphus(Greek legend) a king in ancient Greece who offended Zeus and whose punishment was to roll a huge boulder to the top of a steep hill; each time the boulder neared the top it rolled back down and Sisyphus was forced to start again Narcissus(Greek mythology) a beautiful young man who fell in love with his own reflection Nibelung(German mythology) a companion or follower of Siegfried Bellerophon(Greek mythology) a mythical hero of Corinth who performed miracles on the winged horse Pegasus (especially killing the monster Chimera) Paris(Greek mythology) the prince of Troy who abducted Helen from her husband Menelaus and provoked the Trojan War Patroclus(Greek mythology) a friend of Achilles who was killed in the Trojan War; his death led Achilles to return to the fight after his quarrel with Agamemnon Pegasus(Greek mythology) the immortal winged horse that sprang from the blood of the slain Medusa; was tamed by Bellerophon with the help of a bridle given him by Athena; as the flying horse of the Muses it is a symbol of highflying imagination Sarpedon(Greek mythology) a son of Zeus who became king of Lycia; fought on behalf of the Trojans in the Trojan War and was killed by Patroclus Siegfried(German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart Sigurd(Norse mythology) mythical Norse warrior hero who gains an accursed hoard of gold and was killed by Brynhild; Siegfried is the German counterpart Enkidulegendary friend of Gilgamish Gilgamishlegendary Sumerian king and hero of Sumerian and Babylonian epics Sitawife of the Hindu god Rama; regarded as an ideal of womanhood Hero(Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her Leander(Greek mythology) a youth beloved of Hero who drowned in a storm in the Hellespont on one of his nightly visits to see her Pygmalion(Greek mythology) a king who created a statue of a woman and fell in love with it; Aphrodite brought the sculpture to life as Galatea Galatea(Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers Romulus(Roman mythology) founder of Rome; suckled with his twin brother Remus by a wolf after their parents (Mars and Rhea Silvia) abandoned them; Romulus killed Remus in an argument over the building of Rome Remus(Roman mythology) the twin brother of Romulus Daedalus(Greek mythology) an Athenian inventor who built the labyrinth of Minos; to escape the labyrinth he fashioned wings for himself and his son Icarus Icarus(Greek mythology) son of Daedalus; while escaping from Crete with his father (using the wings Daedalus had made) he flew too close to the sun and the wax melted and he fell into the Aegean and drowned Procrustes(Greek mythology) a mythical giant who was a thief and murderer; he would capture people and tie them to an iron bed, stretching them or hacking off their legs to make them fit; was killed by Theseus Eurydice(Greek mythology) the wife of Orpheus Orion(Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation Orpheus(Greek mythology) a great musician; when his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed Psyche(Greek mythology) a beautiful princess loved by Cupid who visited her at night and told her she must not try to see him; became the personification of the soul Heracles(classical mythology) a hero noted for his strength; performed 12 immense labors to gain immortality Pandora(Greek mythology) the first woman; created by Hephaestus on orders from Zeus who presented her to Epimetheus along with a box filled with evils Fenrir(Norse mythology) an enormous wolf that was fathered by Loki and that killed Odin Volund(Norse mythology) a wonderful smith; identified with Anglo-Saxon Wayland and Teutonic Wieland Yggdrasil(Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together Ymir(Norse mythology) the primeval giant slain by Odin and his brothers and from whose body they created the world: the sea from his blood; the earth from his flesh; the mountains from his bones; the sky from his skull Wayland the Smith(European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund Ajaxa mythical Greek hero; a warrior who fought against Troy in the Iliad Aladdinin the Arabian Nights a boy who acquires a magic lamp from which he can summon a genie Argonaut(Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece Babaran imaginary elephant that appears in a series of French books for children Beatricethe woman who guided Dante through Paradise in the Divine Comedy Beowulfthe legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon Bluebeard(fairytale) a monstrous villain who marries seven women; he kills the first six for disobedience James BondBritish secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming Valkyrie(Norse mythology) one of the maidens of Odin who chose heroes to be slain in battle and conducted them to Valhalla Brer Rabbitthe fictional character of a rabbit who appeared in tales supposedly told by Uncle Remus and first published in 1880 Paul Bunyana legendary giant lumberjack of the north woods of the United States and Canada John Henryhero of American folk tales; portrayed as an enormously strong black man who worked on the railroads and died from exhaustion after winning a contest with a steam drill Cheshire cata fictional cat with a broad fixed smile on its face; created by Lewis Carroll Chicken Littlea fictional character who was hit on the head with an acorn and believed that the sky was falling Cinderellaa fictional young girl who is saved from her stepmother and stepsisters by her fairy godmother and a handsome prince Colonel Blimpa pompous reactionary cartoon character created by Sir David Low Draculafictional vampire in a gothic horror novel by Bram Stoker Jason(Greek mythology) the husband of Medea and leader of the Argonauts who sailed in quest of the Golden Fleece Medea(Greek mythology) a princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father Laertes(Greek mythology) the father of Odysseus Odysseus(Greek mythology) a famous mythical Greek hero; his return to Ithaca after the siege of Troy was described in the Odyssey Ulysses(Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus Penelope(Greek mythology) the wife of Odysseus and a symbol of devotion and fidelity; for 10 years while Odysseus fought the Trojan War she resisted numerous suitors until Odysseus returned and killed them Theseus(Greek mythology) a hero and king of Athens who was noted for his many great deeds: killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and defeated the Amazons and united Attica Tantalus(Greek mythology) a wicked king and son of Zeus; condemned in Hades to stand in water that receded when he tried to drink and beneath fruit that receded when he reached for it Achillesa mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel' Aeneasa mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid Atreus(Greek mythology) the king of Mycenae and father of Agamemnon and of Menelaus Agamemnon(Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War Menelaus(Greek mythology) the king of Sparta at the time of the Trojan War; brother of Agamemnon; husband of Helen Iphigenia(Greek mythology) the daughter of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon; Agamemnon was obliged to offer her as a sacrifice to Artemis when the Greek fleet was becalmed on its way to Troy; Artemis rescued her and she later became a priestess Clytemnestra(Greek mythology) wife of Agamemnon who had him murdered when he returned from the Trojan War Aegisthus(Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him Orestes(Greek mythology) the son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; his sister Electra persuaded him to avenge Agamemnon's death by killing Clytemnestra and Aegisthus Antigone(Greek mythology) the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to death Creon(Greek mythology) the brother of Jocasta and uncle of Antigone who became king of Thebes after the fall of Oedipus Jocasta(Greek mythology) queen of Thebes who unknowingly married her own son Oedipus Electra(Greek mythology) the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; persuaded her brother (Orestes) to avenge Agamemnon's death by helping her to kill Clytemnestra and her lover (Aegisthus) Laocoon(Greek mythology) the priest of Apollo who warned the Trojans to beware of Greeks bearing gifts when they wanted to accept the Trojan Horse; a god who favored the Greeks (Poseidon or Athena) sent snakes who coiled around Laocoon and his two twin sons killing them Laius(Greek mythology) king of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus Myrmidon(Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy King Oedipus(Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles Tiresias(Greek mythology) the blind prophet of Thebes who revealed to Oedipus that Oedipus had murdered his father and married his mother Peleusa king of the Myrmidons and father of Achilles Don Quixotethe hero of a romance by Cervantes; chivalrous but impractical El Cidthe hero of a Spanish epic poem from the 12th century Fagina villainous Jew in a novel by Charles Dickens Sir John Falstaffa dissolute character in Shakespeare's plays Father Browna Catholic priest who was the hero of detective stories by G. K. Chesterton Faustusan alchemist of German legend who sold his soul to Mephistopheles in exchange for knowledge Frankensteinthe fictional Swiss scientist who was the protagonist in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; he created a monster from parts of corpses Frankenstein's monsterthe monster created by Frankenstein in a gothic novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (the creator's name is commonly used to refer to his creation) Goofya cartoon character created by Walt Disney Gullivera fictional Englishman who travels to the imaginary land of Lilliput in a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift Hamletthe hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father Hector(Greek mythology) a mythical Trojan who was killed by Achilles during the Trojan War Helen of Troy(Greek mythology) the beautiful daughter of Zeus and Leda who was abducted by Paris; the Greek army sailed to Troy to get her back which resulted in the Trojan War Captain Horatio Hornblowera fictional English admiral during the Napoleonic Wars in novels written by C. S. Forester Iagothe villain in William Shakespeare's tragedy who tricked Othello into murdering his wife Commissaire Maigreta fictional detective in novels by Georges Simenon Kilroya nonexistent person popularized by American servicemen during World War II King Learthe hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters Leda(Greek mythology) a queen of Sparta who was raped by Zeus who had taken the form of a swan; Helen of Troy was conceived in the rape of Leda Lilliputiana 6-inch tall inhabitant of Lilliput in a novel by Jonathan Swift Philip Marlowetough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler Wilkins Micawberfictional character created by Charles Dickens; an eternal optimist Mother Goosethe imaginary author of a collection of nursery rhymes Mr. MotoJapanese sleuth created by John Marquand Othellothe hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who would not trust his wife Panglossan incurable optimist in a satire by Voltaire Pantaloona character in the commedia dell'arte; portrayed as a foolish old man Perry Masonfictional detective in novels by Erle Stanley Gardner Peter Panthe main character in a play and novel by J. M. Barrie; a boy who won't grow up Pied Piper of Hamelinthe title character in a German folk tale and in a poem by Robert Browning Pierrota male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face Plutoa cartoon character created by Walt Disney Huckleberry Finna mischievous boy in a novel by Mark Twain Rip van Winklethe title character in a story by Washington Irving about a man who sleeps for 20 years and doesn't recognize the world when he wakens Ruritanianan imaginary inhabitant of Ruritania Tarzan of the Apesa man raised by apes who was the hero of a series of novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs Tom Sawyerthe boy hero of a novel by Mark Twain Uncle Remusthe fictional storyteller of tales written in the Black Vernacular and set in the South; the tales were first collected and published in book form in 1880 Uncle Toma servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe Uncle Sama personification of the United States government Sherlock Holmesa fictitious detective in stories by A. Conan Doyle Simon Legreethe cruel slave dealer in an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe Sinbad the Sailorin the Arabian Nights a hero who tells of the fantastic adventures he had in his voyages Snoopya fictional beagle in a comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz Ali Babathe fictional woodcutter who discovered that `open sesame' opened a cave in the Arabian Nights' Entertainment Emilethe boy whose upbringing was described by Jean-Jacques Rousseau protagonistthe principal character in a work of fiction Houyhnhnmone of a race of intelligent horses who ruled the Yahoos in a novel by Jonathan Swift Little Johnlegendary follower of Robin Hood; noted for his size and strength Little Red Riding Hooda girl in a fairy tale who meets a wolf while going to visit her grandmother Rodya Raskolnikova fictional character in Dostoevsky's novel `Crime and Punishment'; he kills old women because he believes he is beyond the bounds of good or evil Robin Hoodlegendary English outlaw of the 12th century; said to have robbed the rich to help the poor Robinson Crusoethe hero of Daniel Defoe's novel about a shipwrecked English sailor who survives on a small tropical island Rumpelstiltskina dwarf in one of the fairy stories of the brothers Grimm; tells a woman he will not hold her to a promise if she can guess his name and when she discovers it he is so furious that he destroys himself Shylocka merciless usurer in a play by Shakespeare Father Christmasthe legendary patron saint of children; an imaginary being who is thought to bring presents to children at Christmas Tristram(Middle Ages) the nephew of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with his uncle's bride (Iseult) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other Iseult(Middle Ages) the bride of the king of Cornwall who (according to legend) fell in love with the king's nephew (Tristan) after they mistakenly drank a love potion that left them eternally in love with each other Scaramouchea stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward Svengalithe musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically Sweeney Toddfictional character in a play by George Pitt; a barber who murdered his customers Tom Thumban imaginary hero of English folklore who was no taller than his father's thumb Trilbysinger in a novel by George du Maurier who was under the control of the hypnotist Svengali Walter Mittyfictional character created by James Thurber who daydreams about his adventures and triumphs Yahooone of a race of brutes resembling men but subject to the Houyhnhnms in a novel by Jonathan Swift King Arthura legendary king of the Britons (possibly based on a historical figure in the 6th century but the story has been retold too many times to be sure); said to have led the Knights of the Round Table at Camelot Sir Galahad(Arthurian legend) the most virtuous knight of the Round Table; was able to see the Holy Grail Sir Gawain(Arthurian legend) a nephew of Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table Guenevere(Arthurian legend) wife of King Arthur; in some versions of the legend she became Lancelot's lover and that led to the end of the Knights of the Round Table Sir Lancelot(Arthurian legend) one of the knights of the Round Table; friend of King Arthur until (according to some versions of the legend) he became the lover of Arthur's wife Guinevere Merlin(Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor Priam(Greek mythology) the last king of Troy; father of Hector and Paris and Cassandra Python(Greek mythology) dragon killed by Apollo at Delphi Eumenides(classical mythology) the hideous snake-haired monsters (usually three in number) who pursued unpunished criminals Sasquatchlarge hairy humanoid creature said to live in wilderness areas of the United States and Canada Loch Ness monstera large aquatic animal supposed to resemble a serpent or plesiosaur of Loch Ness in Scotland Fafnir(Norse mythology) the Norse dragon that guarded a treasure and was slain by Sigurd fecundity, fruitfulness the intellectual productivity of a creative imagination flightpassing above and beyond ordinary bounds genius, wizardryexceptional creative ability imagination, imaginativeness, visionthe formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses conception, design, excogitation, innovation, inventionthe creation of something in the mind cleverness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventivenessthe power of creative imagination fictitious place, imaginary place, mythical placea place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings fancya kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination fantasy, phantasyimagination unrestricted by reality imagination, resource, resourcefulnessthe ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems concoctionthe invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose contrivancethe faculty of contriving; inventive skill dream, dreamingimaginative thoughts indulged in while awake imaginary being, imaginary creaturea creature of the imagination; a person that exists only in legends or myths or fiction ability, power possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done |
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