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、鸟、鱼和昆虫之外的）动物；兽；牲畜

  • wild/domestic animals 野生动物／家畜

  • Both children are real animal lovers. 两个孩子都很喜爱动物。

  • Surveys show that animal welfare has recently become a major concern for many schoolchildren. 调查表明动物福利近来已成为很多小学生关注的主要问题。

  • Humans, insects, reptiles, birds, and mammals are all animals. 人、昆虫、爬行动物、鸟类和哺乳动物都是动物。

• 1 an unpleasant, cruel person or someone who behaves badly -- 牲畜般的人；残暴野蛮的人；猪狗不如的人

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

• 2 used to describe what type of person or thing someone or something is -- 某种类型的人（或物）

  • At heart she is a political animal. 本质上她是一个很有政治秉性的人。

  • She is that rare animal (= she is very unusual), a brilliant scientist who can communicate her ideas to ordinary people. 她是个少见的奇才，是一位能够把自己的思想传达给普通人的优秀科学家。

  • Feminism in France and England are rather different animals (= are different). 法国和英国的女权主义不属于同一种类型。

• 3 made or obtained from an animal or animals -- 取自动物的；以动物为原料的

  • animal products 动物产品

  • animal fat/skins 动物脂肪／毛皮

  • The island was devoid of all animal life (= there were no animals on the island). 这个岛上没有任何动物生存。

• 4 relating to physical desires or needs, and not spiritual or mental ones -- 肉体的；肉欲的

  • As an actor, he has a sort of animal magnetism. 作为一名演员，他具有一种对异性的吸引力。

  • She knew that Dave wasn't the right man for her but she couldn't deny the animal attraction between them. 她明知戴夫不是适合她的男人，但无法抗拒他们之间肉体上的吸引力。