creatures

英 [ˈkriːtʃəz]

美 [ˈkritʃərz]

n.  生物; 动物; (具有某种特征的)人
creature的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指不熟悉或想象中的)生物，动物
  You can refer to any living thing that is not a plant as acreature, especially when it is of an unknown or unfamiliar kind. People also refer to imaginary animals and beings ascreatures.
  1. Alaskan Eskimos believe that every living creature possesses a spirit...
     阿拉斯加的爱斯基摩人认为每一个活着的生物都有灵魂。
  2. The garden is surrounded by a hedge in which many small creatures can live...
     花园四周是树篱，许多小动物可以在那里栖身。
  3. They have been visited by creatures from outer space.
     有外星人拜访了他们。
• 她很迷人，是个可人儿。 → see:She's charming, a sweet creature...
• N-COUNT 傀儡;奴才;走狗
  If you describe someone as someone else'screature, you mean that they are controlled by or depend on that person.
  1. We are not creatures of the Conservative government.
     我们不是保守派政府的傀儡。

双语例句

• Children's books often depict farmyard animals as gentle, lovable creatures.
  儿童图书常常把农场的动物描写得温和而可爱。
• These tiresome creatures eat holes in the leaves
  这些讨厌的虫子在叶子上咬出了洞。
• We are not creatures of the Conservative government.
  我们不是保守派政府的傀儡。
• Man is the deity over all creatures.
  人乃万物之灵。
• These creatures can multiply quickly.
  这些动物能迅速繁殖。
• If heaven and earth are ruthless, they treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs; if the sage is ruthless, he treats the people as straw dogs.
  天地不仁，以万物为刍狗；圣人不仁，以百姓为刍狗。（《道德经》）
• The garden is surrounded by a hedge in which many small creatures can live
  花园四周是树篱，许多小动物可以在那里栖身。
• It's cruel to kill beautiful and intelligent creatures like elephants.
  残杀像大象那样美丽聪明的生物真是太残忍了。
• Warm-blooded included mammals and birds whereas all other creatures were considered cold-blooded.
  暖血动物包括哺乳动物和鸟类，其它动物统统被视为冷血动物。
• Blue dragons were once solitary creatures, and thus their society does not have a rigid hierarchy.
  蓝龙们曾经是独居的生物，因此他们的社会并没有一个严格的阶层关系。