| 单词 | beast |
| 释义 | beast (once / 101 pages) n A beast is an animal — and usually not a gentle or attractive one. You can also call a person a beast when they're behaving in a crude, savage, or horrible way. There are many types of beast in the world: dogs, cats, horses, monkeys, birds, and fish are all beasts. Even tiny critters like bugs are beasts. A beast is basically any living thing, except for plants, because plants can't intentionally move. People can be called beasts too when they behave in a beastly way. A criminal is likely to be called a beast. So is a rude person. Anyone acting in an uncivilized or cruel way is being a beast. WORD FAMILYbeast: beastly, beasts+/beastliness: beastlinesses/beastly: beastlier, beastliest, beastliness USAGE EXAMPLESPurring jaguars prowled about our tents at night along with other unseen beasts. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) “She was reunited with her family,” Avila told the Daily Beast. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) When White’s role in the swearing-in ceremony was reported Wednesday, the Daily Beast said in a headline, “Shady Pastor to Pray With Trump at Inauguration.” Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1n a living organism characterized by voluntary movement Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper animal, animate being, brute, creature, fauna Easter bunny a rabbit that delivers Easter eggs church mousea fictional mouse created by Lewis Carroll Mickey Mousea fictional mouse created in animated film strips by Walt Disney Minnie Mousethe partner of Mickey Mouse Donald Ducka fictional duck created in animated film strips by Walt Disney Mighty Mousea fictional mouse endowed with great strength and courage Lucyincomplete skeleton of female found in eastern Ethiopia in 1974 Sir Bartonthoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1919 Gallant Foxthoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1930 Omahathoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1935 War Admiralthoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1937 Whirlawaythoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1941 Count Fleetthoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1943 Assaultthoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1946 Citationthoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1948 Secretariatthoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1973 Seattle Slewthoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1977 Affirmedthoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1978 pest any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc. crittera regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals) creepy-crawlyan animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects) dartera person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly peeperan animal that makes short high-pitched sounds homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherman animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature ectotherm, poikilotherman animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammals range animalany animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) varment, varmintany usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote scavengerany animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter work animalan animal trained for and used for heavy labor domestic animal, domesticated animalany of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment feederan animal that feeds on a particular source of food migratoran animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year molter, moulteran animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair) peta domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement stayera person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance stunta creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creatureany of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals femalean animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa) malean animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova) adultany mature animal offspring, youngany immature animal pureblood, purebred, thoroughbreda pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horses giantany creature of exceptional size survivoran animal that survives in spite of adversity mutantan animal that has undergone mutation herbivoreany animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants insectivoreany organism that feeds mainly on insects acrodontan animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets pleurodontan animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets zooplanktonanimal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvae conceptus, embryo, fertilized eggan animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life chordateany animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column invertebrateany animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification metazoanany animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and sponges omnivorean animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances predator, predatory animalany animal that lives by preying on other animals prey, quarryanimal hunted or caught for food gameanimal hunted for food or sport hexapodan animal having six feet bipedan animal with two feet larvathe immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose raceran animal that races fictional animalanimals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories) captivean animal that is confined matethe partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner) verminany of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats bottom-feedera scavenger that feeds low on the food chain beast of burden, jumentan animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work draft animalan animal used for pulling heavy loads feederan animal being fattened or suitable for fattening stockera domestic animal (especially a young steer or heifer) kept as stock until fattened or matured and suitable for a breeding establishment hatchlingany recently hatched animal (especially birds) heada single domestic animal by-catch, bycatchunwanted marine creatures that are caught in the nets while fishing for another species henfemale of certain aquatic animals e.g. octopus or lobster orphana young animal without a mother young mammalany immature mammal siremale parent of an animal especially a domestic animal such as a horse damfemale parent of an animal especially domestic livestock carnivoreany animal that feeds on flesh blastosphere, blastulaearly stage of an embryo produced by cleavage of an ovum; a liquid-filled sphere whose wall is composed of a single layer of cells; during this stage (about eight days after fertilization) implantation in the wall of the uterus occurs gastruladouble-walled stage of the embryo resulting from invagination of the blastula; the outer layer of cells is the ectoderm and the inner layer differentiates into the mesoderm and endoderm morulaa solid mass of blastomeres that forms when the zygote splits; develops into the blastula cephalochordatefish-like animals having a notochord rather than a true spinal column tunicate, urochord, urochordateprimitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva ascidian tadpolefree-swimming larva of ascidians; they have a tail like a tadpole that contains the notochord craniate, vertebrateanimals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium young birda bird that is still young arthropodinvertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin female mammalanimals that nourish their young with milk zoophyteany of various invertebrate animals resembling a plant such as a sea anemone or coral or sponge parazoan, poriferan, spongeprimitive multicellular marine animal whose porous body is supported by a fibrous skeletal framework; usually occurs in sessile colonies cnidarian, coelenterateradially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures; they occur in polyp and medusa forms comb jelly, ctenophorebiradially symmetrical hermaphroditic solitary marine animals resembling jellyfishes having for locomotion eight rows of cilia arranged like teeth in a comb wormany of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae borer, woodborerany of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood bladder wormencysted saclike larva of the tapeworm cercariatadpole-shaped parasitic larva of a trematode worm; tail disappears in adult stage rotiferminute aquatic multicellular organisms having a ciliated wheel-like organ for feeding and locomotion; constituents of freshwater plankton mollusc, mollusk, shellfishinvertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell spata young oyster or other bivalve Canis familiaris, dog, domestic doga member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds greyhounda tall slender dog of an ancient breed noted for swiftness and keen sight; used as a racing dog Felis catus, Felis domesticus, domestic cat, house catany domesticated member of the genus Felis strayan animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal) big gamelarge animals that are hunted for sport game birdany bird (as grouse or pheasant) that is hunted for sport wirewormwormlike larva of various elaterid beetles; feeds on roots of many crop plants mealwormthe larva of beetles of the family Tenebrionidae wiggler, wrigglerlarva of a mosquito jointworm, strawwormlarva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains ant lion, antlion, doodlebugthe larva of any of several insects aphid lion, aphis lioncarnivorous larva of lacewing flies dobson, hellgrammiatelarge brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait caseworminsect larva that constructs a protective case around its body caterpillara wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth nympha larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly) leptocephalusslender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes botbotfly larva; typically develops inside the body of a horse or sheep or human gruba soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects phoronidhermaphrodite wormlike animal living in mud of the sea bottom bryozoan, moss animal, polyzoan, sea mat, sea mosssessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding ectoproctsessile mossy aquatic animal having the anus of the polyp outside the crown of tentacles entoproctany of various moss-like aquatic animals usually forming branching colonies; each polyp having a both mouth and anus within a closed ring of tentacles Symbion pandoraonly known species of Cycliophora; lives symbiotically attached to a lobster's lip by an adhesive disk and feeding by means of a hairy mouth ring; its complex life cycle includes asexual and sexual phases brachiopod, lamp shell, lampshellmarine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide peanut worm, sipunculidsmall unsegmented marine worm that when disturbed retracts its anterior portion into the body giving the appearance of a peanut echinodermmarine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies fillya young female horse under the age of four colta young male horse under the age of four male horsethe male of species Equus caballus steeplechasera horse trained to run in steeplechases finisheran animal that wins in a contest of speed bullock, steercastrated bull polliwog, pollywog, tadpolea larval frog or toad young fisha fish that is young being, organism a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently 2n a cruelly rapacious person Syn|Hyper brute, savage, wildcat, wolf aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker someone who attacks |
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