beast是什么意思_beast怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

beast: beast: [13] Beast replaced deer as the general word for ‘animal’ in the 13th century (deer of course remained in use for antlered animals of the family Cervidae), and was itself replaced by animal in the 17th century. It entered English via Old French beste from Latin bēstia (source of English bestial [14]).
=> bestial
beast (n.): c. 1200, from Old French beste "animal, wild beast," figuratively "fool, idiot" (11c., Modern French bête), from Vulgar Latin *besta, from Latin bestia "beast, wild animal," which is of unknown origin. Used to translate Latin animal. Replaced Old English deor (see deer) as the generic word for "wild creature," only to be ousted 16c. by animal. Of persons felt to be animal-like in various senses from early 13c. Of the figure in the Christian apocalypse story from late 14c.

词态变化

复数 beasts;

权威造句

1. Disney"s "Beauty And The Beast" has won rave reviews.: 迪斯尼出品的电影《美女与野兽》赢得了众多好评。

2. Bully! Hooligan! Beast! Let me go, let go!: 混蛋！流氓！王八蛋！放开我，放开！

3. This man is an animal, a beast.: 这人是个畜生，是个野兽。

4. The unicorn is an imaginary beast.: 独角兽是幻想出来的动物.

5. When he"s drunk, he"s a beast.: 他喝醉时很野蛮.

近反义词

beast of burden 驮畜

beast saw 胸骨锯

store beast 待肥育牲畜

beast of prey 食肉兽,猛兽...

wild beast 野兽

butcher"s beast 肉用家畜

make a beast of oneself 行同禽兽,行为卑鄙...

beast of chase 可猎兽

beast of draught 供拉曳的牲口...

相似短语

beast of burden 驮畜,驮载用的大牲口

beast of draught 挽畜

harness the beast 套牲口

beast of chase 可猎兽

beast saw 胸骨锯

beast of prey 猛兽,食肉

male beast 雄性动物

store beast 待肥育牲畜

beast of game 可猎兽

the beast of a ... 野兽般的,野蛮的

单词分析

这些名词均含“动物”之意。
animal普通用词，指区别于植物和矿物而言的动物的总称。
beast指有别于爬行动物、昆虫等的较大的四脚兽类或牛、马等牲畜。
creature通常指生物或动物，与非生动相对。指人时，则含怜悯或轻蔑的意味。
brute特指野兽。用于人时，突出其野蛮或残忍。
cattle指大牲畜，尤其指牛。

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