creature

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n. 人, 动物, 创造物, 生物

发音

UK /ˈkɹiː.tʃə/
UK /ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯.tʃə/
CA /ˈkɹi.tʃɚ/
US /ˈkɹi.tʃɚ/
CA /ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯.tʃɚ] ~ [ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯.tʃɹ̩/
US /ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯.tʃɚ] ~ [ˈkʰɹʷɪi̯.tʃɹ̩/
其它 /kɹiːˈeɪ.tjʊə(ɹ)/
IN /kritʃɜ(r)/
IN /krɪˈjetʃɜ(r)/

词形变化

creatures 复数 creatures creaturess

别名

crater cratur craythur creetur crittur creäture creacher creatur

教材释义与例句

名词

动物，生物；人；创造物

anything that is living, such as an animal, fish, or insect, but not a plant

all the living creatures in the sea

海洋中所有的生物

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.

    生物

    insects and other creatures

  2. 2.

    An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.

  3. 3.

    A human.

    贬义

    He's a creature of habit.

  4. 4.

    A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.

    宗教
  5. 5.

    A being subservient to or dependent upon another.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 7

animal beast tool puppet brute fauna wight

上位词 3

being slave organism

下位词 10

young game mate female male giant adult pet prey survivor

部分词 3

head face caput

相关短语

creature comfort 物质享受 creature comforts n. 衣食 creature feature creature features creature of habit creature of the night creature of statute a little of the creature autism creature TBH creature diaper creature yippee creature

词源

From Middle English creature in the original sense of “a created thing”, borrowed via Old French creature, criature, from Latin creātūra, from creō. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft. Doublet of craythur and critter.

来源：wiktionary