creature
英 ['kri?t??]
美['krit??]
- n. 動物，生物；人；創(chuàng)造物
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?creatures;
助記提示
1、creat- + -ure.
2、字面含義：anything created. => living being.
3、造物主創(chuàng)造的人、動物、生物。
2、字面含義：anything created. => living being.
3、造物主創(chuàng)造的人、動物、生物。
中文詞源
creature 生物，動物
來自create, 創(chuàng)造。
英文詞源
- creature
- creature: [13] Creature and creator, both 13thcentury borrowings from Old French, predate the introduction of the verb create into English by about a hundred years. This was a verbal use of an earlier adjective create, borrowed directly from Latin creātus, the past participle of creāre ‘produce’ (which in turn may have been a causative derivative of the verb crēscere ‘grow’, source of English crescent). Another descendant of Latin creāre was Portuguese criar ‘breed, nurse’, the probable ancestor of English creole [17].
=> create, creole, crescent, croissant, increase - creature (n.)
- late 13c., "anything created," also "living being," from Old French creature (Modern French créature), from Late Latin creatura "thing created," from creatus, past participle of Latin creare "create" (see create). Meaning "anything that ministers to man's comforts" (1610s), after I Tim. iv:4, led to jocular use for "whiskey" (1630s).
雙語例句
- 1. Alaskan Eskimos believe that every living creature possesses a spirit.
- 阿拉斯加的愛斯基摩人認為每一個活著的生物都有靈魂。
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- 2. This interesting and charming creature is unique to Borneo.
- 這種有趣迷人的動物是婆羅洲獨有的。
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- 3. What distinguishes homo sapiens from every other living creature is the mind.
- 智人和其他生物的區(qū)別在于大腦。
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- 4. How could anyone find pleasure in hunting and killing this beautiful creature?
- 怎么會有人以獵 這種美麗的動物為樂呢？
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- 5. She was a creature of the emotions, rather than reason.
- 她是個感性的人，不太理性。
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