beast
英 [bi?st]
美[bist]
- n. 野獸；畜生，人面獸心的人
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?beasts;
中文詞源
beast 野獸
來自拉丁詞bestia, 野獸，同bestial, 狂野的。
英文詞源
- beast
- beast: [13] Beast replaced deer as the general word for ‘a(chǎn)nimal’ in the 13th century (deer of course remained in use for antlered animals of the family Cervidae), and was itself replaced by animal in the 17th century. It entered English via Old French beste from Latin bēstia (source of English bestial [14]).
=> bestial - beast (n.)
- c. 1200, from Old French beste "animal, wild beast," figuratively "fool, idiot" (11c., Modern French bête), from Vulgar Latin *besta, from Latin bestia "beast, wild animal," which is of unknown origin. Used to translate Latin animal. Replaced Old English deor (see deer) as the generic word for "wild creature," only to be ousted 16c. by animal. Of persons felt to be animal-like in various senses from early 13c. Of the figure in the Christian apocalypse story from late 14c.
雙語例句
- 1. Disney's "Beauty And The Beast" has won rave reviews.
- 迪斯尼出品的電影《美女與野獸》贏得了眾多好評。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Bully! Hooligan! Beast! Let me go, let go!
- 混蛋！流氓！王八蛋！放開我，放開！
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. This man is an animal, a beast.
- 這人是個畜生，是個野獸。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The unicorn is an imaginary beast.
- 獨角獸是幻想出來的動物.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. When he's drunk, he's a beast.
- 他喝醉時很野蠻.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》