creatures

英 [ˈkriːtʃəz]

美 [ˈkritʃərz]

n.  生物; 动物; (具有某种特征的)人
creature的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指不熟悉或想象中的)生物，动物
  You can refer to any living thing that is not a plant as acreature, especially when it is of an unknown or unfamiliar kind. People also refer to imaginary animals and beings ascreatures.
  1. Alaskan Eskimos believe that every living creature possesses a spirit...
     阿拉斯加的爱斯基摩人认为每一个活着的生物都有灵魂。
  2. The garden is surrounded by a hedge in which many small creatures can live...
     花园四周是树篱，许多小动物可以在那里栖身。
  3. They have been visited by creatures from outer space.
     有外星人拜访了他们。
• 她很迷人，是个可人儿。 → see:She's charming, a sweet creature...
• N-COUNT 傀儡;奴才;走狗
  If you describe someone as someone else'screature, you mean that they are controlled by or depend on that person.
  1. We are not creatures of the Conservative government.
     我们不是保守派政府的傀儡。

双语例句

• These creatures can multiply quickly.
  这些动物能迅速繁殖。
• Children's books often depict farmyard animals as gentle, lovable creatures.
  儿童图书常常把农场的动物描写得温和而可爱。
• It's cruel to kill beautiful and intelligent creatures like elephants.
  残杀像大象那样美丽聪明的生物真是太残忍了。
• Noah gathers god's creatures two by two.
  诺亚又收留了一对对的动物。
• If heaven and earth are ruthless, they treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs; if the sage is ruthless, he treats the people as straw dogs.
  天地不仁，以万物为刍狗；圣人不仁，以百姓为刍狗。（《道德经》）
• Basal metabolism is much lower for creatures in cold water.
  冷水中生物的基础代谢速度要低很多。
• On earth there are lives of creatures less mentally-civilized which overawed mankind all the more.
  尤其是世界上“竟然”会存在一些禽兽不如的“生物”，那就更加让人望而生畏了。
• 8. Halloween is also associated with supernatural creatures like ghosts and vampires.
  万圣节还和一些诸如鬼魂和吸血鬼之类的超自然的生物有关。
• Most living creatures are capable of adaptation when compelled to do so.
  大多数生物都能在迫于压力的情况下适应新环境。
• The garden is surrounded by a hedge in which many small creatures can live
  花园四周是树篱，许多小动物可以在那里栖身。