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

• The most ferocious creatures are disarmed by caresses bestowed on their young.
  最凶猛的禽兽，见人家抚摸它的幼雏也会驯服起来的。
• Blue dragons were once solitary creatures, and thus their society does not have a rigid hierarchy.
  蓝龙们曾经是独居的生物，因此他们的社会并没有一个严格的阶层关系。
• 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。
• 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。
• Broadly, we investigate the world's lakes and rivers and the creatures which inhabit them.
  宽广地，我们调查世界的湖和河和居住于他们的人。
• There are only two creatures who can surmount the pyramids-the eagle and the snail.
  能登上金字塔的动物只有两种&雄鹰和蜗牛。
• New creatures to summon!
  可以召唤新的宠物了！
• 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。
• Pets are very sensitive and wise creatures.
  宠物是非常敏感和很有智慧的生物。
• 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。