animals

英 [ˈænɪmlz] 美 [ˈænɪmlz]

n.  兽; 牲畜; 动物(不包括鸟、鱼、爬行动物、昆虫或人); 动物(不包括植物或人的生物); 动物(包括人)
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IELTS



柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT (除鸟、鱼、昆虫或人类之外的)动物,兽类
    An animal is a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
    1. He was attacked by wild animals...
      他遭到野兽的袭击。
    2. He had a real knowledge of animals, birds and flowers.
      他在花鸟走兽方面知之甚多。
  2. N-COUNT 动物(泛指人类以外的任何生物)
    Any living creature other than a human being can be referred to as an animal .
    1. Language is something which fundamentally distinguishes humans from animals.
      语言是将人类与动物区分开来的基本特征。
    2. ...a habitat for plants and animals.
      动植物的栖息地
  3. N-COUNT 动物(包括人类在内的任何生物)
    Any living creature, including a human being, can be referred to as an animal .
    1. Watch any young human being, or any other young animal.
      注意儿童或其他幼小动物。
  4. ADJ 动物的;野兽的;取自动物的
    Animal products come from animals rather than from plants.
    1. The illegal trade in animal products continues to flourish...
      野生动物制品的非法交易仍旧猖獗。
    2. Cut down on animal fats found in red meat, hard cheeses and so on.
      减少摄入存在于红色肉类、硬干酪等中的动物脂肪。
  5. N-COUNT 禽兽;野蛮的人
    If you say that someone is an animal, you find their behaviour disgusting or very unpleasant.
    1. This man is an animal, a beast...
      这人是个畜生,是个野兽。
    2. He was an animal in his younger days.
      他年轻时,是个衣冠禽兽。
  6. ADJ 肉体的;肉欲的;动物的;非理性的
    Animal qualities, feelings, or abilities relate to someone's physical nature and instincts rather than to their mind.
    1. There was no doubting the animal magnetism of the man...
      这个男人无疑有一种野性的魅力。
    2. You feel an animal panic to run and hide.
      你会感到一种本能的恐惧而想要去逃避。
  7. N-COUNT …类型的人;有特殊兴趣的人
    You can refer to someone as a particular type of animal in order to say what their interests are or what their typical behaviour is.
    1. You're quite a party animal aren't you, out there every night...
      你就是为派对而生的,不是吗,每天晚上你都去参加派对。
    2. The entrepreneur at twenty-five is a different animal from the entrepreneur at fifty.
      25岁的企业家和50岁的企业家是两种不同的人。

双语例句

  1. A new machine may save thousands of animals from the agony of drug tests
    一种新型机器也许可以将成千上万的动物从药物试验的痛苦中解脱出来。
  2. He was attacked by wild animals
    他遭到野兽的袭击。
  3. Language is something which fundamentally distinguishes humans from animals.
    语言是将人类与动物区分开来的基本特征。
  4. I can assure you that the animals are well cared for
    我可以向你保证动物们得到了精心照顾。
  5. The animals are very sensitive to disturbance and have never bred in captivity.
    这些动物对外界的干扰很敏感,且从未被圈养过。
  6. My duty is to look after the animals.
    我的责任就是照看这些动物。
  7. It was absolutely essential to separate crops from the areas that animals used as pasture
    将庄稼和放牧区分开绝对必要。
  8. People said we were interfering with nature, and that we should just let the animals die
    人们说我们是在干涉自然界,还说我们应该任由动物死去。
  9. Dry stone walls may appear stark and lifeless, but they provide a valuable habitat for plants and animals.
    干燥的石墙看起来也许荒凉且毫无生机,但它们为动植物提供了宝贵的栖息地。
  10. Different animals in the colony had different manifestations of the disease
    在这一群体里,这种疾病在不同的动物身上有着不同的表现。
  11. Hostility towards outsiders is characteristic of both human and non-human animals.
    对外来者怀有敌意是人类和其他动物共有的特征。
  12. Children come to zoos precisely to see captive animals
    孩子们到动物园就是为了看圈养的动物。
  13. These animals were the prey of hyenas.
    这些动物是鬣狗的猎物。
  14. The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them
    其结果就是破坏食物链,使很多动物和那些以捕食它们为生的动物饿死。
  15. Primitive humans needed to be able to react like this to escape from dangerous animals
    原始人必须要能作出这样的反应以逃避危险的动物。
  16. Zoologist Eugene Morton has propounded a general theory of the vocal sounds that animals make.
    动物学家尤金·莫顿提出了一个有关动物发声的概括性理论。
  17. Both animals and people were gasping for breath in the rarefied air.
    动物和人在稀薄的空气中都大口喘着气。
  18. Plants, like animals, often have restricted habitats.
    植物和动物一样,生活环境常常有限。
  19. Many people make a sharp distinction between humans and other animals
    很多人认为人类和其他动物截然不同。
  20. There are all sorts of animals, including bears, pigs, kangaroos, and penguins
    有各种各样的动物,包括熊、猪、袋鼠和企鹅。
  21. The animals had been fed and stabled
    牲畜已经喂好并关进厩里了。
  22. Animals get tangled in fishing nets and drown
    动物被缠进渔网里淹死了。
  23. These people are animals and what they did was unforgivable
    这些人是禽兽,他们所做的一切都是不可原谅的。
  24. The giant panda is one of the surviving ancient animals.
    大熊猫是一种残存的古动物。
  25. Many kinds of animals have vanished from the earth.
    许多动物已从地球上消失了。
  26. They lived in caves, hunted animals and gathered fruit.
    他们住在山洞里,猎取野兽,采集果子。
  27. Primitive man hunted wild animals with crude stone implements.
    原始社会的人用粗糙的石器猎取野兽。
  28. The gills of fishes are analogous to the lungs in terrestrial animals.
    鱼类的鳃与陆上动物的肺类似。
  29. All human beings are much more intelligent than animals.
    所有的人都比动物聪明得多。
  30. All the animals fled from the fire.
    动物见到火都跑了。