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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• Strange creatures live in the profound depth of the ocean.
  大洋的深处生活着稀奇古怪的生物。
• Children's books often depict farmyard animals as gentle, lovable creatures.
  儿童图书常常把农场的动物描写得温和而可爱。
• Birds and other creatures would have surrounded the musicians.
  在这里，这位音乐家周围到处都是鸟儿和其他生物。
• 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。
• 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。