animal是什么意思

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• 0 something that lives and moves but is not a human, bird, fish, or insect -- （除人、鳥、魚和昆蟲之外的）動物；獸；牲畜

  • wild/domestic animals 野生動物／家畜

  • Both children are real animal lovers. 兩個孩子都很喜愛動物。

  • Surveys show that animal welfare has recently become a major concern for many schoolchildren. 調查顯示動物福利近來已成為很多小學生關注的主要問題。

  • Humans, insects, reptiles, birds, and mammals are all animals. 人、昆蟲、爬行動物、鳥類和哺乳動物都是動物。

• 1 an unpleasant, cruel person or someone who behaves badly -- 牲畜般的人；殘暴野蠻的人；豬狗不如的人

  • He's a real animal when he's had too much to drink. 他酒一喝多，簡直就是畜生。

• 2 used to describe what type of person or thing someone or something is -- 某種類型的人（或物）

  • At heart she is a political animal. 本質上她是一個很有政治秉性的人。

  • She is that rare animal (= she is very unusual), a brilliant scientist who can communicate her ideas to ordinary people. 她是個少見的奇才，是一位能夠把自己的思想傳達給普通人的優秀科學家。

  • Feminism in France and England are rather different animals (= are different). 法國和英國的女權主義不屬於同一種類型。

• 3 made or obtained from an animal or animals -- 取自動物的；以動物為原料的

  • animal products 動物產品

  • animal fat/skins 動物脂肪／毛皮

  • The island was devoid of all animal life (= there were no animals on the island). 這個島上沒有任何動物生存。

• 4 relating to physical desires or needs, and not spiritual or mental ones -- 肉體的；肉慾的

  • As an actor, he has a sort of animal magnetism. 作為一名演員，他具有一種對異性的吸引力。

  • She knew that Dave wasn't the right man for her but she couldn't deny the animal attraction between them. 她明知戴夫不是適合她的男人，但無法抗拒他們之間肉體上的吸引力。