animal
n. 动物 [医] 动物
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教材释义与例句
动物
a living creature such as a dog or cat, that is not an insect, plant, bird, fish, or person
furry little animals
毛茸茸的小动物
The cosmetics have not been tested on animals.
这些化妆品没有进行过动物试验。
Beth is an animal lover (= someone who likes animals ) .
贝丝是个喜欢动物的人。
释义与例句
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Any member of the kingdom Animalia of multicellular organisms that are usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and which derive energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (further distinguishing them from plants).
动物
Near-synonym: critter
Humans, like other animals, need air to breathe and food to eat.
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Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
动物
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A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
When he's hungry my toddler opens his mouth like an animal instead of asking us to feed him.
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A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
A tetrapod; a land-dwelling nonhuman vertebrate.
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A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
A warm-blooded animal; a mammal or bird.
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A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
A non-human mammal.
I spent my summer studying the animals and birds of the two islands.
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A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
野兽
禽兽
比喻My students are animals.
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A person of a particular type specified by an adjective.
非正式He's a political animal.
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Matter, thing.
非正式a whole different animal
no such animal
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Of or relating to animals.
animal instincts
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Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
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Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
animal passions
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Excellent.
爱尔兰 俚语
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos Proto-Italic *anamos Latin animus Latin anima Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin animālis Latin animalder. Old French animalbor. Middle English animal English animal From Middle English animal, from Old French animal, from Latin animal, a nominal use of the adjective form animāle, neuter of animālis, from anima (“breath, spirit”). Displaced native Middle English deor, der (“animal”) (whence modern English deer; from Old English dēor (“animal”)), Middle English reother (“animal, neat”) (whence modern English rother; from Old English hrīþer, hrȳþer (“neat, ox”)).
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