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
- noun A living, moving organism that feeds on other organisms rather than making its own food, as distinct from plants and fungi.
- noun Any creature other than a human, especially a mammal.
- noun Informal: a person who acts in a wild, brutal, or uncontrolled way.
- adj Relating to animals, or driven by raw physical instinct rather than reason.
animalistic — full definition
- adj In the manner of and/or resembling an animal.
- adj In the behaviour of an animal savage; untamed.
- adj Of or pertaining to animalism.