Animal

['ænɪm(ə)l] or ['ænɪml]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a living organism characterized by voluntary movement.

(adj.) marked by the appetites and passions of the body; 'animal instincts'; 'carnal knowledge'; 'fleshly desire'; 'a sensual delight in eating'; 'music is the only sensual pleasure without vice' .

手打:洛雷塔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity or stomach for digestion; by giving carbonic acid to the air and taking oxygen in the process of respiration; and by increasing in motive power or active aggressive force with progress to maturity.

(n.) One of the lower animals; a brute or beast, as distinguished from man; as, men and animals.

(a.) Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.

(a.) Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.

(a.) Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.

手打:柯尔斯顿

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Creature, living being, created being.[2]. Beast, BRUTE, irrational creature, dumb creature, beast of the field, fowl of the air, denizen of the deep.

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解釋/意思:

n. an organised being having life sensation and voluntary motion—it is distinguished from a plant which is organised and has life but not sensation or voluntary motion: the name sometimes implies the absence of the higher faculties peculiar to man.—adj. of or belonging to animals: sensual.—n. Animalisā′tion the act of converting into animal substance or of endowing with animal attributes: brutalisation.—v.t. An′imalise to endow with animal life: to convert into animal matter:—pr.p. an′imalīsing; pa.p. an′imalīsed.—n. An′imalism the state of being actuated by animal appetites only: the exercise or enjoyment of animal life as distinct from intellectual: brutishness: sensuality: (rare) a mere animal being.—adv. An′imally physically merely.—Animal spirits nervous force: exuberance of health and life: cheerful buoyancy of temper: (Milton) the spirit or principle of volition and sensation.

手打:鲁迪