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

• 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。
• An enchanting thought, nature's creatures and scenes brought to life in the mirror of time and change!
  一个迷人的想法、自然的人和现场在时间和变化的镜子中带给了生活！
• Jirtle and Waterland set about to see if they could change the unfortunate genetic legacy of these little creatures.
  吉透和沃特兰在开始时想看看这些小生物是否能改变这不幸的遗传病。
• 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。
• 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。
• They have been visited by creatures from outer space.
  有外星人拜访了他们。
• We are not creatures of the Conservative government.
  我们不是保守派政府的傀儡。
• 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 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。
• 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。