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

• Noah gathers god's creatures two by two.
  诺亚又收留了一对对的动物。
• 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。
• She had decided that as a doctor she had a responsibility to her fellow creatures.
  她已经决定，作为医生，她应该对自己的同胞负责。
• I have several little creatures.
  嗯，我有养。我养了很多小动物。
• These creatures can multiply quickly.
  这些动物能迅速繁殖。
• 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。
• 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》）
• 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。
• Man is the deity over all creatures.
  人乃万物之灵。
• The liquid is fatal to small insects and creatures and can be very painful to humans.
  这种液体对一些小的昆虫和生物是致命的，也可以对人来带来痛苦的威胁。