英语释义

1. any of a kingdom (Animalia) of living things including many-celled organisms and often many of the single-celled ones (such as protozoans) that typically differ from plants in having cells without cellulose walls, in lacking chlorophyll and the capacity for photosynthesis, in requiring more complex food materials (such as proteins), in being organized to a greater degree of complexity, and in having the capacity for spontaneous movement and rapid motor responses to stimulation

2. one of the lower animals (see lower entry 3 sense 3) as distinguished from human beings

3. mammal broadly vertebrate

4. a human being considered chiefly as physical or nonrational also this nature

5. a person with a particular interest or aptitude
a political animal He's a party animal.

6. matter, thing
the theater … is an entirely different animal
— Arthur Miller also creature sense 1c

7. of, relating to, resembling, or derived from animals
animal instincts animal behavior

8. of or relating to the physical or sentient as contrasted with the intellectual or rational

9. sensual, fleshly
indulged his animal appetites

10. of or relating to the animal pole of an egg or to the part from which ectoderm normally develops

11. a living thing that is not a human being or plant

12. any living thing that is not a plant

13. a person who behaves in a wild, aggressive, or unpleasant way

14. of or relating to animals

15. coming from the bodies of animals

16. of or relating to the body and not to the mind

17. any member of the kingdom of living things (as earthworms, crabs, birds, and people) that differ from plants typically in being able to move about, in not having cell walls made of cellulose, and in depending on plants and other animals as sources of food

18. any of the animals lower than humans in the natural order
the animals in the zoo

19. mammal
the birds and animals of the forest

20. any of a kingdom (Animalia) of living things including many-celled organisms and often many of the single-celled ones (as protozoans) that typically differ from plants in having cells without cellulose walls, in lacking chlorophyll and the capacity for photosynthesis, in requiring more complex food materials (as proteins), in being organized to a greater degree of complexity, and in having the capacity for spontaneous movement and rapid motor response to stimulation

21. one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings

22. mammal broadly vertebrate

23. of, relating to, or derived from animals

片语

Party Animals舞会动物，派对动物

Farm Animals农场动物（书名）

sea animals海洋动物

Transgenic animals转基因动物

sessile animals[动] 固着动物

Nocturnal Animals夜行动物

terrestrial animals陆栖动物；陆生动物

draught animals挽畜

aquatic animals水生动物；水栖动物

stray animals迷失动物

endangered animals濒危动物（endangered animal的复数）

land animals陆栖动物

rare animals稀有动物

caution animals当心牲畜

英汉例句

• in fact you do not have to kill any animals for this kind of research because we do everything in a test tube.

  其实，做这种研究,你根本用不着杀害任何动物,因为试验都是在试管中进行的。

• but what about how the animals play in the wild?

  但是野生环境下的动物是怎么玩耍的呢？

• how can we know what animals feel?

  我们又怎么能知道动物怎么想？

• these animals blend into their surroundings.

  这些动物能与周围环境融为一体。

• animals do not have this morality.

  而动物则没有这种道德。

• many species of animals are in danger of dying out.

  许多动物种类都处于濒临灭绝的危险中。

• once the animals learn, they do not forget.

  一旦这些动物学会了他们就不会忘记。

• but what about the animals we eat?

  但是对于我们吃的动物是怎样的呢？

• why are the animals running away?

  为什么这些动物在逃跑？

• because i can move around well in the air, few other animals really bother me.

  因为我能自如地在空中飞翔，几乎没有别的动物能真的打扰我。

• some scientists thought that fight between the male animals headed up from their instinct.

  有些科学家认为雄性动物之间的争斗源于其本能。

• the animals were ruthlessly hunted to the verge of extinction.

  这些动物由于遭到无情的捕猎而濒于灭绝。

• many animals prefer grass as food.

  许多动物喜欢以青草为食物。

• then we have to decide whether the animals are important to us.

  克拉克说，「然后我们不得不决定这些动物对我们来说是否重要。」

• cruelty to animals is severely punished in england.

  在英国，虐待动物要受严厉惩罚。

• they plan to put the animals through a new set of tricks.

  他们计划使那些动物掌握一套新的表演技术。

• besides the mammoths, some other animals pasture in this valley as well.

  除了猛犸象，还有一些其他动物在山谷牧场里。

• many animals can harm me, but i do not harm them.

  许多动物可能会伤害我，但我不伤害它们。

• we can group animals into several types.

  我们可以把动物分成几类。

• mice and many other animals have both of these characteristics, and humans do not.

  老鼠和许多其他动物都有这两个特性，但是人类没有。

相似词

beast野兽；畜生，人面兽心的人

beastie小动物

brute蛮干不动脑筋的；根本而令人不快的，赤裸裸的；不理智的，野兽似的；严酷的；基本的；不可避免的；纯粹的，绝对的

creature动物，生物；人；创造物

critter生物，动物；……样的人

相反词

nonmaterial文化的；非物质的；精神上的