creature 音标拼音: [kr'itʃɚ]
n . 人,动物,创造物,生物
人,动物,创造物,生物
creature n 1 :
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [
synonym :
{
animal }, {
animate being }, {
beast }, {
brute }, {
creature },
{
fauna }]
2 :
a human being ; `
wight '
is an archaic term [
synonym : {
creature },
{
wight }]
3 :
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [
synonym :
{
creature }, {
tool }, {
puppet }]
Creature \
Crea "
ture \ (
kr [=
e ]"
t [=
u ]
r ;
135 ),
n . [
F .
cr ['
e ]
ature ,
L .
creatura .
See {
Create }.]
1 .
Anything created ;
anything not self -
existent ;
especially ,
any being created with life ;
an animal ;
a man .
[
1913 Webster ]
He asked water ,
a creature so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him .
--
Fuller .
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1913 Webster ]
God '
s first creature was light . --
Bacon .
[
1913 Webster ]
On earth ,
join ,
all ye creatures ,
to extol Him first ,
him last ,
him midst ,
and without end .
--
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
And most attractive is the fair result Of thought ,
the creature of a polished mind .
--
Cowper .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A human being ,
in pity ,
contempt ,
or endearment ;
as ,
a poor creature ;
a pretty creature .
[
1913 Webster ]
The world hath not a sweeter creature . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
A person who owes his rise and fortune to another ;
a servile dependent ;
an instrument ;
a tool .
[
1913 Webster ]
A creature of the queen '
s ,
Lady Anne Bullen . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Both Charles himself and his creature ,
Laud .
--
Macaulay .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
A general term among farmers for horses ,
oxen ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Creature comforts },
those objects ,
as food ,
drink ,
and shelter ,
which minister to the comfort of the body .
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
222 Moby Thesaurus words for "
creature ":
Adamite ,
Charlie McCarthy ,
adherent ,
aerobic organism ,
agent ,
an existence ,
anaerobic organism ,
ancilla ,
animal ,
apple -
polisher ,
appliance ,
artifact ,
ass -
licker ,
autotrophic organism ,
backscratcher ,
backslapper ,
beast ,
being ,
bodily ,
body ,
bootlick ,
bootlicker ,
brainchild ,
brown -
nose ,
brownie ,
brute ,
cat ,
chap ,
character ,
child ,
clawback ,
cog ,
coinage ,
commonality ,
commonalty ,
composition ,
concoction ,
contrivance ,
courtier ,
creation ,
creature comforts ,
creeping thing ,
cringer ,
critter ,
crowning achievement ,
customer ,
dependent ,
device ,
disciple ,
distillation ,
duck ,
dumb animal ,
dumb friend ,
dummy ,
dupe ,
earthling ,
effect ,
end product ,
entelechy ,
entity ,
essence ,
extract ,
fawner ,
fellow ,
feudatory ,
figurehead ,
flatterer ,
flunky ,
follower ,
footlicker ,
front ,
front man ,
fruit ,
genetic individual ,
gillie ,
go -
between ,
goon ,
groundling ,
groveler ,
guy ,
hand ,
handiwork ,
handmaid ,
handmaiden ,
handshaker ,
hanger -
on ,
head ,
helot ,
henchman ,
heterotrophic organism ,
hoi polloi ,
homager ,
homo ,
human ,
human being ,
implement ,
individual ,
inferior ,
instrument ,
interagent ,
intermediary ,
intermediate ,
intermedium ,
invention ,
issue ,
jackal ,
joker ,
junior ,
kowtower ,
lackey ,
lay figure ,
led captain ,
lever ,
lickspit ,
lickspittle ,
liege ,
liege man ,
life ,
lightweight ,
living being ,
living soul ,
living thing ,
lower class ,
lower orders ,
man ,
manufacture ,
masses ,
masterpiece ,
masterwork ,
material ,
mealymouth ,
mechanism ,
mediator ,
medium ,
microbe ,
microorganism ,
midwife ,
minion ,
mintage ,
monad ,
morphological individual ,
mortal ,
mundane ,
myrmidon ,
new mintage ,
nominal head ,
nose ,
object ,
offspring ,
one ,
ont ,
opera ,
opus ,
opuscule ,
organ ,
organic being ,
organism ,
organization ,
origination ,
outcome ,
outgrowth ,
party ,
pawn ,
peon ,
person ,
persona ,
personage ,
personality ,
physical ,
physiological individual ,
plaything ,
product ,
production ,
puppet ,
reptile ,
result ,
retainer ,
satellite ,
second fiddle ,
secondary ,
serf ,
servant ,
single ,
slave ,
somebody ,
someone ,
something ,
soul ,
spaniel ,
stooge ,
subaltern ,
subordinate ,
suck ,
superficial ,
sycophant ,
tellurian ,
terran ,
thing ,
third stringer ,
thug ,
timeserver ,
toad ,
toadeater ,
toady ,
tool ,
toy ,
truckler ,
tufthunter ,
underling ,
understrapper ,
unit ,
varmint ,
vassal ,
vehicle ,
virus ,
votary ,
work ,
worldling ,
yeoman ,
yes -
man ,
zooid ,
zoon
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