| 单词 | beast |
| 释义 | beast (biːst ) Word forms: beasts 1. countable noun You can refer to an animal as a beast, especially if it is a large, dangerous, or unusual one. [literary] ...the threats our ancestors faced from wild beasts. ...a centaur: half man, half beast. Synonyms: animal, creature, brute 2. countable noun [usually with supplement] If you refer to a man as a beast, you mean that his behaviour is very violent and uncontrolled. [journalism, disapproval] 3. countable noun & vocative noun If you call someone a beast, you think that they are behaving in a selfish, unkind, or unpleasant way. [informal, old-fashioned, disapproval] Bully! Hooligan! Beast! Let me go, let go! 4. countable noun [usually adjective NOUN] You can use beast to refer to something or someone in a light-hearted way, and to mention that they have a particular quality. ...that rare beast, a sports movie that isn't boring. Quotations: And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?The Second Coming Idioms: no use to man or beast or no good to man or beast completely useless Circumstances had compelled him, much against his will, to take no less than six beginners, some of them first-voyagers, of no use to man or beast. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers the nature of the beast something that is an essential part of the character of the person or thing that you are talking about Baker likes to say that negotiations always get tougher towards the end. That's the nature of the beast. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: curious beast Business investment, it should be said, is a curious beast. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The England team are a curious beast in that they failed, when it really mattered, to trust their attacking instincts. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The Europa League is a curious beast, part reward, part punishment, part test of endurance. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Polar bears are territorial - add hunger into the equation and you have a dangerous beast. The Sun But, for the most part it's an altogether more dangerous beast. Times, Sunday Times They have been joined by a host of dangerous beasts, from wolves to crocodiles. Times, Sunday Times Residents were warned to stay indoors and a state of emergency was declared amid fears that dangerous beasts were still on the loose — and getting hungry. The Sun I hope my own mistakes might help you treat these dangerous beasts with caution. Times, Sunday Times That and fearsome beasts toppling tower blocks like dominoes. Times, Sunday Times It's still full of magic and drama, but now boasts some great new characters and fearsome beasts. The Sun Dragons are increasingly viewed as friends of humans and as highly intelligent and noble creatures, while still remaining the fearsome beasts of legend. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Much of the agenda of so-called reform seems to feed the beast of big government. The Sun Fail to feed this beast, and the beast might eat you. Houston Chronicle You still feed the beast. Times, Sunday Times It may not add much substance to an understanding of comedy, but it feeds the beast. Times, Sunday Times No lion will be there, nor will any ferocious beast. Christianity Today (2000) The intriguingly named Cherokee Death Cat is a ferocious beast said to haunt the woods of North Carolina. The Sun (2014) A dog owner has been jailed for four months after a boy of six was mauled by his ferocious beast. The Sun (2012) If you're a loner, though, play as a giant beast, crushing all and sundry with claws or tentacles. Times, Sunday Times The excavation uncovered a block the size of twenty square metres containing this giant beast. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He hears the low grumble, as if produced by a giant beast, behind him. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After this incident, about 100 other people claimed to see the giant beast. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After a long voyage to the tropics, sailors would disembark and immediately peel one of these giant beasts, which, they said, were delicious. Times,Sunday Times He's a hairy beast with a look of sullen indifference. Times, Sunday Times Seeing a lamb straying into the forest, she chases after it to find that it has been torn apart by a black hairy beast. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Woolly mammoths are the headline act, but these hairy beasts are not even half the story. Times, Sunday Times Particularly radical proponents of 'rewilding' even hope to see bears shipped in again, a millennium after the big hairy beasts last lived freely on these shores. Times, Sunday Times And, most famously, in 1972 a young backpacker left food and unwashed dishes lying around his camp site, and fatally attracted a hungry beast. Times, Sunday Times If he picks the door with the tiger behind it, the hungry beast immediately pounces upon him--his guilt thus manifest, supposedly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 And feed, because roses are hungry beasts. Times, Sunday Times Then slap on some granular fertiliser or compost, beacuse these are hungry beasts. Times, Sunday Times Now it's a great big lumbering beast. Times,Sunday Times In the prints, the lumbering beasts, which are distantly related to anteaters and armadillos, made sharp changes in their direction of travel which suggest that hunters were approaching. Times, Sunday Times He wanted numerous mechanical pieces visible so the robots would look more interesting, realistic, dynamic and quick, rather than like lumbering beasts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Over 25 species have been found, and include giant quadripedal hunters, sleeks bipedal omnivores, and lumbering beasts with deep sails on their backs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The magnificent beast appeared to smile for its photo as the diver dangled by its giant mouth. The Sun Later, we spot the same magnificent beast silhouetted on the sweep of the skyline, milky tusks gleaming in the luminous setting sun. Times,Sunday Times The magnificent beast looked up, saw us, and reared up on to his hind legs. The Sun However, these gentle and magnificent beasts are under threat. Times, Sunday Times I love these magnificent beasts and it has always been my dream to see them in the wild. The Sun The mighty beast had never been so surprised in its life. Times,Sunday Times He used four-foot arrows, while pulling a 172 pound bow to take the mighty beast. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their specialist areas may be tiny, but inside those mini-jungles they are mighty beasts. Times, Sunday Times But it was all in a good cause - to save the mighty beasts from the threat of extinction. The Sun Much in demand and as rare as the mythical beast they are named after. The Sun Be the wilds never so wild, you won't find a mythical beast in them. The Times Literary Supplement It's 1971 and the machines are huge and oddly beautiful, like the innards of a mythical beast. The Times Literary Supplement Yet many people are still in full cry after the mythical beast, as in last week's uproar about lotteries for school places. Times, Sunday Times The history and the meaning of this bewitching tapestry (one of a series of seven) remain as elusive as the mythical beast it depicts. Times, Sunday Times A facial prosthesis can also transform an actor into a sci-fi creature, an anthropomorphic animal, mythological beast and more. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The names often given to such creations - chimeras and hybrids - conjure up images of mythological beasts, and the prospect of bringing such things to life leaves most people feeling queasy. Times, Sunday Times The traverse arches are supported by brackets decorated with carvings of real and mythological beasts, including a tarasque. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The show followed a team of creative researchers and artists who explored the globe following stories of legendary and mythological beasts. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This one-off film travels to the remote area to tell the story of the preserved prehistoric beast. The Sun It's all about empathy - picturing yourself as the mighty prehistoric beast. The Sun The prehistoric beast, left, was 6ft 5in, weighed more than 500lb, and had the face of a koala and the body of a sturdy kangaroo. Times, Sunday Times However, things go wrong when the prehistoric beasts escape and go on the rampage. The Sun However, he gets more than he bargained for when the prehistoric beasts escape and begin to hunt the visitors. The Sun A sale like this is a rare beast. Times, Sunday Times (2015) This is a chick flick with belly laughs which, as we all know, is a rare beast. The Sun (2010) If you are one of those rare beasts who looks towards politicians for moral guidance, please ignore their record on charitable giving. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The savage beast takes on any rival who dares invade his territory on a sleepy village pond. The Sun The narrative reflects human hostility towards animals especially the lion, the savage beast. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Even a toy airplane can't soothe the savage beast. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The main evidence of the virtue attained by them lies in the voluntary subjection to them of the savage beasts among which they lived. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On entering a mountain, he can render savage beasts harmless. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Celebrity is a strange beast. Times, Sunday Times (2012) At the best of times, by-elections are strange beasts. The Sun (2012) I'm sort of a strange beast; my father and mother both came from rather exotic backgrounds. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Translations: Chinese: 兽尤指罕见或巨大凶猛的 Japanese: けだもの |
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