beast
noun
an animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one
兽，（体大或凶悍的）四足兽
a wild beast.
野兽。
■(一般作 beasts)a domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal
家畜，耕牛
■an inhumanly cruel, violent, or depraved person
兽性的人，畜生，凶暴残忍的人；道德败坏的人，恶棍
he is a filthy drunken beast.
他是个可鄙的酒鬼。
■(informal)an objectionable or unpleasant person or thing
(非正式)讨厌鬼，讨厌的东西
a scheming, manipulative little beast.
阴险狡诈、惯耍手段的小人。
■(the beast)a person's brutish or untamed characteristics
（人的）野性，兽性
the beast in you is rearing its ugly head.
你身上的兽性露出了狰狞的嘴脸。
■[with adj.](informal)a thing possessing a specified quality
(非正式)（具有某种特质的）东西，货色
that much-maligned beast, the rave record.
那张备受诋毁的电声舞曲唱片。
语源
Middle English : from Old French beste, based on Latin bestia
简明英汉词典
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beast
D.J.[bi:st]
K.K.[bist]
n.
兽
There are wild beasts in the mountains.
山中有野兽。
讨厌的人, 粗野凶残的人
When he's drunk, he's a beast.
他喝醉时很野蛮。
现代英汉综合大辞典
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beast
[bi:st]
n.
兽
兽性的人, 凶残的人; 举止粗鲁的人
老顽固, 坏蛋
[the Beast ]宗反对基督的人
[俚]导弹
人造卫星; 飞行器
[口]大型火箭
wild beasts
野兽
man and beast
人畜
Don't be a beast.
别那么顽固。
He is a beast.
他是个恶棍。
You beast!
你这畜牲!
习惯用语
make a beast of oneself
行同禽兽, 行为卑鄙
beast of burden
驮载用牲口; 驮畜
beast of chase
可猎兽
beast of game
可猎兽
beast of draught
供拉曳的牲口
beast of prey
猛兽; 食肉兽
特殊用法
butcher's beast
待宰的家畜
肉用家畜
injurious beast of forest
森林害兽
新牛津美语大词典
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beast
[bēst]
noun
an animal, esp. a large or dangerous four-footed one:
a wild beast.
■(usu. beasts) a domestic animal, esp. a bovine farm animal.
■(archaic or humorous )an animal as opposed to a human:
the gift of reason differentiates humanity from the beasts.
■an inhumanly cruel, violent, or depraved person:
he is a filthy drunken beast.
■(informal )an objectionable or unpleasant person or thing:
a scheming, manipulative little beast.
■(the beast) a person's brutish or untamed characteristics:
the beast in you is rearing its ugly head.
■(with adjective) (informal )a thing or concept possessing a particular quality:
that much-maligned beast, the rave record.
语源
– ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French beste, based on Latin bestia.
牛津英语习语词典
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beast
be no good/use to man or beast 另见man
牛津英语搭配词典
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beast
noun
animal 动物
[搭配]ADJ.
ferocious, savage, snarling, wild
凶猛的野兽；咆哮的野兽；野兽:
Savage beasts once roamed these forests.
曾有猛兽在这些森林里出没。
exotic, fabled, fantastic, legendary, mythical, rare, strange
异兽；传说中的野兽；神话中的野兽；希有野兽；怪兽:
paintings of mythical beasts
神话中野兽的画
great, huge, magnificent, mighty
体格庞大的野兽；强壮的野兽
[搭配]PHRASES
a beast of burden
役畜
a beast of prey
食肉兽
unpleasant/cruel person 讨厌的人；残酷的人
[搭配]ADJ.
filthy
卑鄙的禽兽:
You filthy beast!
你这个畜生！
sex
色狼:
Local people live in fear of this unknown sex beast.
当地人生活在恐惧中，害怕这个身分不明的色狼。
[搭配]PHRASES
the beast in sb
(= the violent or sexual partof sb’s character) 人的兽性:
The beast in her wanted to destroy his house.
她的兽性使她想毁掉他的房子。
bring out the beast in sb
激发某人的兽性:
Somehow she brought out the beast in him.
不知怎的她激起了他的兽性。
牛津英语同义词词典
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beast
[bi?st]
(noun 名词)
走兽
wild beasts.
野兽。
SYNONYM 同义词:SEE参阅 animal noun 名词, brute, creature,monster.
爱词霸网络百科
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beast
n. 畜生, 动物, 野兽, 兽性
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