单词 | beast |
释义 | beast —beastlike, adj. /beest/, n. 1. any nonhuman animal, esp. a large, four-footed mammal. 2. the crude animal nature common to humans and the lower animals: Hunger brought out the beast in him. 3. a cruel, coarse, filthy, or otherwise beastlike person. 4. a live creature, as distinguished from a plant: What manner of beast is this? 5. the beast, the Antichrist. Rev. 13:18. [1175-1225; ME be(e)ste < OF beste (F bête) < L bestia] Syn. 1. See animal. 3. cad, swine, pig, brute, savage, ogre, monster, barbarian. |
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