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动物 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • animal noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
  • animalistic adj In the manner of and/or resembling an animal.
  • beast noun A large or dangerous four-footed animal.
  • boisterous adj Loud, energetic, and a bit rowdy; full of noisy enthusiasm.
  • bruiser noun A big, physically tough person, especially one prone to rough treatment of others.
  • brute noun A rough, violent, or unthinking person.
  • critter noun An informal word for a living creature, especially an animal.
  • fauna noun The animals of a particular region, habitat, or time period, considered as a group.
  • quarry noun A large open pit where stone, sand, or similar material is dug out of the ground.

Senses

动物 is used for these senses in English:

  • Beast (biblical) A figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.
  • animal Of or relating to animals.
  • animal (science) 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).
  • animal (figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
  • animal-like Resembling an animal.
  • animalistic In the manner of and/or resembling an animal; Synonym: animal-like
  • beast (chiefly in Commonwealth English, more specifically) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
  • boisterous Having or resembling animal exuberance.

animal — full definition

  1. noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
  2. noun Any creature other than a human, especially a mammal.
  3. noun Informal: a person who acts in a wild, brutal, or uncontrolled way.
  4. adj Relating to animals, or driven by raw physical instinct rather than reason.

animalistic — full definition

  1. adj In the manner of and/or resembling an animal.
  2. adj In the behaviour of an animal savage; untamed.
  3. adj Of or pertaining to animalism.

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