单词 | creature |
释义 | creaturen. 1. a. A created thing or being; a product of creative action; a creation. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > that which is created creaturec1300 making1340 feature1483 facturea1500 sublunar1613 sublunary1625 subcelestial1652 c1300 Body & Soul (Laud Misc. 108) (1889) 61 (MED) Jhesu Crist..On me, þi schap, nouȝ have merci..Þi creature [Auch. creatour] al so was i. c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 626 (MED) Þe Cros is a cold Creatour [rhymes figour, stour, flour]. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. l. 89 (MED) He clepeth god the ferste cause..Of which that every creature Hath his beinge and his nature. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 417 (MED) He fordestend tuin creature [Fairf. creatours] to serue him in þat hali ture. a1425 (a1400) Prick of Conscience (Galba & Harl.) (1863) l. 5472 (MED) Yhit sal Godes creatures sere Accuse þam..Als þe son and þe mone and þe sterns, And þe elementes. 1534 Bible (Tyndale rev. Joye) 2 Cor. v. 17 Yf eny man be in Christ, he is a newe creature. 1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Svpper of the Lorde f. cxxviiiv These thy gyftes, and creatures of bread and wyne. 1555 J. Ponet Apologie ii. p. xxi Mariadge is a creature of god, that I am suer yow can not denye. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) iv. i. 120 Which fierce fire, and Iron extends, Creatures of note for mercy, lacking vses. View more context for this quotation 1641 R. Greville Disc. Nature Episcopacie ii. vii. 121 Light was one of the first Creatures. 1683 Britanniæ Speculum Pref. 3 Affirming the most High and Sacred Order of Kings..to be a meer human Creature. 1783 W. Cowper Let. 15 Dec. (1981) II. 189 The first boat or canoe that was ever formed..was a more perfect creature in its kind, than a balloon at present. 1856 S. Winkworth Life Tauler in Tauler's Serm. (1857) xxvii. 395 Dress, jewels..a pleasant abode, and other transitory creatures. 1878 J. D. Hooker & J. Ball Jrnl. Tour Marocco 274 The gentian and saxifrage..and the other bright creatures that haunt the mountain tops. 1923 J. W. Harvey tr. R. Otto Idea of Holy xx. 175 The abyss between creature and Creator.., sin and holiness, is..increased by that deeper knowledge that comes from the Gospel of Christ. 1985 Daily Tel. 5 June 14/3 Are we then to suppose that the creature is kinder and wiser than the creator? ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > [noun] kindlOE worldc1175 framea1325 creaturec1384 universityc1450 engine?1510 universal1569 universality1577 mass1587 universe1589 all1598 cosmosie1600 macrocosm1602 existence1610 system1610 megacosm1617 cosmos1650 materialism1817 world-all1847 panarchy1848 multiverse1895 metaverse1994 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Royal) (1850) 2 Pet. iii. 5 So alle thinges lasten fro the bigynnynge of creature [L. creaturae]. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 328 (MED) For-þi es godd, als sais scripture, Nan elder þan his creature. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 480 Sithen the fadris dieden alle thingis lasten fro the bigynnyng of creature. 1533 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Pet. iii. 4 Euery thinge contynueth as it was from the begynninge of ye creature. 1611 Bible (King James) Rom. viii. 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sonnes of God. View more context for this quotation ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > [noun] > sustenance or nourishment foodOE fosterc1000 fodnethOE flittinga1225 livenotha1225 nourishingc1300 sustenancec1300 livelihoodc1325 nurture1340 fosteringc1386 livingc1405 nouriturea1425 nutriment?a1425 nutrition?a1425 lifehood1440 reliefa1450 nourishmentc1450 nurshingc1450 sustentationc1450 nutrimentc1485 alimenta1500 sustainmenta1500 bielda1522 creature1540 suck1584 mantiniment1588 fosterment1593 the three M's1938 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [noun] > material comfort(s) ease1393 creature1540 creature comforts1641 comfortable1650 comfort1659 convenience1673 conveniency1712 home comfort1797 comforter1837 1540 R. Taverner Epist. & Gospelles Easter tyll Aduent f. xxxiij For as testifyeth saynt Paul in hys fyrst epistle to Timothie, gods creatures as meate, drynke, corne, and such other thynges be sanctifyed by the worde of God, and by prayer. 1607 Bp. J. Hall Holy Observ. 30 Those that come to their meat as to a medicine..shalbe sure not to ioy too much in the creature. 1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. ix. 73 Greedy Gourmands, that cannot moderately use the good creatures of God. 1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man viii. §12. 187 Waste..of the good creatures of God. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 170 Tea, snuff, and many other useful creatures. 1765 T. Hutchinson Hist. Colony Massachusets-Bay, 1628–91 (ed. 2) 107 The good creature tobacco. 1821 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 472/2 We were put to it to reconcile the phrase ‘good creatures’, upon which the blessing rested, with the fare set before us. 1888 Times 27 Nov. 9/5 He will not allow that every form of alcohol is pernicious... For him it is one of God's good creatures, granted for use and pleasure. d. humorous. Usually with the. Alcoholic drink, esp. whisky. Now chiefly Scottish and Irish English, esp. in form cratur. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun] usquebaugh1581 creature1638 corn-brandy1704 whisky1715 usque1728 spunkiea1796 skreigh1813 the stuff1828 snake poison1842 tanglefoot1860 whisky-straight1864 oil1869 Auld Kirk1884 snake juice1890 screech1902 scat1914 pinch bottle1916 screecham1923 juice1932 malt1967 ?1577 F. T. Debate Pride & Lowlines sig. Eviiv The creature [i.e. wine] of proper kinde, Was good though we offenden therewithall. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. iii. 302 Come, come, good wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well vs'd. View more context for this quotation] 1638 J. Penkethman Artachthos sig. Kiij The moderate use of the Creature, and sparing Dyet, which is very little practised. 1690 J. Dryden Amphitryon iii. 26 My Master took too much of the Creature last night. a1695 A. Wood Life (1891) I. 298 They would..tiple and smoake till they were over-taken with the creature. 1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. xiii. 73 The German..never went to bed without a full dose of the creature. 1773 R. Graves Spiritual Quixote II. vii. ii. 111 He seems to like a bit of the good cretur as well as other folks. 1826 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 386 His..followers..take a little ‘crathur’. 1888 Standard 14 Aug. 2 Says he, ‘Maggie, have a drop of the Cratur.’ 1950 Chambers's Jrnl. 214/1 ‘Maybe he'd like a cup of tea.’.. ‘You might put a drop of the creature in it.’ 2002 Daily Mail (Nexis) 11 May 15 They reached the cairn and eyes brightened, as men thought of rest and a wee drop of the cratur. 2. A human being; a person, an individual. a. With modifying word indicating the type of person, and esp. expressing admiration, affection, compassion, or commiseration. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > [noun] hadc900 lifesmaneOE maneOE world-maneOE ghostOE wyeOE lifeOE son of manOE wightc1175 soulc1180 earthmanc1225 foodc1225 person?c1225 creaturec1300 bodyc1325 beera1382 poppetc1390 flippera1400 wat1399 corsec1400 mortal?a1425 deadly?c1450 hec1450 personagec1485 wretcha1500 human1509 mundane1509 member1525 worma1556 homo1561 piece of flesh1567 sconce1567 squirrel?1567 fellow creature1572 Adamite1581 bloat herringa1586 earthling1593 mother's child1594 stuff1598 a piece of flesh1600 wagtail1607 bosom1608 fragment1609 boots1623 tick1631 worthy1649 earthlies1651 snap1653 pippin1665 being1666 personal1678 personality1678 sooterkin1680 party1686 worldling1687 human being1694 water-wagtail1694 noddle1705 human subject1712 piece of work1713 somebody1724 terrestrial1726 anybody1733 individual1742 character1773 cuss1775 jig1781 thingy1787 bod1788 curse1790 his nabs1790 article1796 Earthite1814 critter1815 potato1815 personeityc1816 nibs1821 somebody1826 tellurian1828 case1832 tangata1840 prawn1845 nigger1848 nut1856 Snooks1860 mug1865 outfit1867 to deliver the goods1870 hairpin1879 baby1880 possum1894 hot tamale1895 babe1900 jobbie1902 virile1903 cup of tea1908 skin1914 pisser1918 number1919 job1927 apple1928 mush1936 face1944 jong1956 naked ape1965 oke1970 punter1975 c1300 St. Margarete (Harl.) l. 170 in O. Cockayne Seinte Marherete (1866) 29 (MED) Y ne leoue hit noȝt þat his miȝtes were so stronge, Eni so holi creatoure in his wombe afonge. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. l. 119 A ful comely creature treuth she hiȝte. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 638 And hom she gooth a sorweful creature. 1425 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1425/3/25 That the juge..gar a lell..advocayt for sic folk to folow sic lell, treu pur creaturis causis. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 3957 Hym thouht she was so faire a creature. a1500 (c1448) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 102 (MED) We..in relevement of the said pore creatures..hertly praye you that ye wil..have theym in..faver. 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1309/2 No doubt our lady was through the goodnes of God a good & a gratious creature. 1586 R. Langdale Will in Yorks. Archæol. Jrnl. (1891) 11 417 To Barbarey her doughter..beinge a lame creatur. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iv. i. 180 The world has not a sweeter creature . View more context for this quotation 1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew iii. sig. G4 Your Worships Charity to a poore Crytur welly starv'd. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 113. ⁋3 A beautiful Creature in a Widow's Habit sat in Court. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 210 I was the most disconsolate Creature alive. 1783 H. L. Thrale Let. 30 Aug. in Lett. to & from S. Johnson (1788) I. 265 The foreigners only get a notion of England's being unwholesome by seeing such consumptive looking creatures come out of it. 1798 J. S. Murray Gleaner III. 37 You are a charming creature, it must be confessed. 1822 M. Graham Jrnl. 22 Nov. in Captain's Wife (1993) 137 The hills were covered with groups of houseless creatures, sitting round the fires in awful expectation of a mighty visitation [sc. another earthquake]. 1846 W. E. Forster in T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (1888) I. vi. 186 However, the dear creatures did what I asked them. 1883 ‘G. Lloyd’ Ebb & Flow II. xxii. 39 The best creature in the world. 1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 299 A pathetic, futile, broken creature. 1944 W. S. Maugham Razor's Edge i. 2 Long after his death perhaps, it may be realized that there lived in this age a very remarkable creature. 1990 B. Roche Poor Beast in Rain i. iii. 32 Jaysus hon, around here they'd turn the poor crator to dust so they would. 2007 Toronto Star (Nexis) 1 Nov. e04 ‘Who is this ravishing creature?’ he asked, kissing my daughter's hand. b. Without qualification. Cf. fellow creature n.Frequently with determiner forming combinations corresponding to pronouns based on body (as anybody, everybody, nobody, etc.): cf. body n. 11. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior person > [noun] > held in contempt thingOE cat?c1225 geggea1300 fox-whelpc1320 creaturea1325 whelp1338 scoutc1380 turnbroach14.. foumart1508 shit1508 get?a1513 strummel?a1513 scofting?1518 pismirea1535 clinchpoop1555 rag1566 huddle and twang1578 whipster1590 slop1599 shullocka1603 tailor1607 turnspit1607 fitchewa1616 bulchin1617 trundle-taila1626 tick1631 louse1633 fart1669 insect1684 mully-grub-gurgeon1746 grub-worm1752 rass1790 foutre1794 blister1806 snot1809 skin1825 scurf1851 scut1873 Siwash1882 stiff1882 bleeder1887 blighter1896 sugar1916 vuilgoed1924 klunk1942 fart sack1943 fart-arse1946 jerkwad1980 a1325 (c1280) Southern Passion (Pepys 2344) (1927) l. 1917 (MED) Þat was on of þe creatures þat euere in eorþe was, Þat mest loue oure lord cudde. c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xvi. 15 Ȝe goynge in to al the world, preche the gospel to ech creature. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 6938 Creature non wiþ hem was, Bot þe trew Perdicas. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. x. l. 364 (MED) Euery cristene creature shulde be kynde til other. 1495 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1495 §32. m. 19 Your seid suppliaunt is as..repentant as any creature may be. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxxii. 99 He was sore abasshed when he coulde fynde no creature. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. v. 154 I shall dispaire, there is no creature loues me. View more context for this quotation 1680 Don Tomazo 138 Most Fair and Dear to me of all your Sex Whose Charms no Creature is able to resist. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 191. ⁋4 Scarcely a creature would come near them. 1813 J. Austen Pride & Prejudice I. iii. 24 She was the only creature in the room that he asked a second time. View more context for this quotation 1923 R. Macaulay Told by Idiot i. 44 No creature was ever more solemn, more earnest,..than the university-educated young female of the eighties. a1946 C. Carswell Lying Awake (1950) i. 5 No creature at this moment knows or is concerned with my whereabouts, my time of day, my doings. 1979 M. Matshoba Call me not Man 67 During her pregnancy he had lived for nothing else but pampering his ‘ill madam’.., no other creature in trousers giving her a second glance. c. A reprehensible or despicable person.Originally with modifying word, but later also used alone. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [noun] > state or quality of being contemptible > contemptible person wormc825 wretchOE thingOE hinderlingc1175 harlot?c1225 mixa1300 villain1303 whelpc1330 wonnera1340 bismera1400 vilec1400 beasta1425 creaturec1450 dog bolt1465 fouling?a1475 drivel1478 shit1508 marmoset1523 mammeta1529 pilgarlica1529 pode1528 slave1537 slim1548 skit-brains?1553 grasshopper1556 scavenger1563 old boss1566 rag1566 shrub1566 ketterela1572 shake-rag1571 skybala1572 mumpsimus1573 smatchetc1582 squib1586 scabship1589 vassal1589 baboon1592 Gibraltar1593 polecat1593 mushroom1594 nodc1595 cittern-head1598 nit1598 stockfish1598 cum-twang1599 dish-wash1599 pettitoe1599 mustard-token1600 viliaco1600 cargo1602 stump1602 snotty-nose1604 sprat1605 wormling1605 brock1607 dogfly?1611 shag-rag1611 shack-rag1612 thrum1612 rabbita1616 fitchock1616 unworthy1616 baseling1618 shag1620 glow-worm1624 snip1633 the son of a worm1633 grousea1637 shab1637 wormship1648 muckworm1649 whiffler1659 prig1679 rotten egg1686 prigster1688 begged fool1693 hang-dog1693 bugger1694 reptile1697 squinny1716 snool1718 ramscallion1734 footer1748 jackass1756 hallion1789 skite1790 rattlesnake1791 snot1809 mudworm1814 skunk1816 stirrah1816 spalpeen1817 nyaff1825 skin1825 weed1825 tiger1827 beggar1834 despicability1837 squirt1844 prawn1845 shake1846 white mouse1846 scurf1851 sweep1853 cockroach1856 bummer1857 medlar1859 cunt1860 shuck1862 missing link1863 schweinhund1871 creepa1876 bum1882 trashbag1886 tinhorn1887 snot-rag1888 rodent1889 whelpling1889 pie eatera1891 mess1891 schmuck1892 fucker1893 cheapskate1894 cocksucker1894 gutter-bird1896 perisher1896 skate1896 schmendrick1897 nyamps1900 ullage1901 fink1903 onion1904 punk1904 shitepoke1905 tinhorn sport1906 streeler1907 zob1911 stink1916 motherfucker1918 Oscar1918 shitass1918 shit-face1923 tripe-hound1923 gimp1924 garbage can1925 twerp1925 jughead1926 mong1926 fuck?1927 arsehole1928 dirty dog1928 gazook1928 muzzler1928 roach1929 shite1929 mook1930 lug1931 slug1931 woodchuck1931 crud1932 dip1932 bohunkus1933 lint-head1933 Nimrod1933 warb1933 fuck-piga1935 owl-hoot1934 pissant1935 poot1935 shmegegge1937 motheree1938 motorcycle1938 squiff1939 pendejo1940 snotnose1941 jerkface1942 slag1943 yuck1943 fuckface?1945 fuckhead?1945 shit-head1945 shite-hawk1948 schlub1950 asswipe1953 mother1955 weenie1956 hard-on1958 rass hole1959 schmucko1959 bitch ass1961 effer1961 lamer1961 arsewipe1962 asshole1962 butthole1962 cock1962 dipshit1963 motherfuck1964 dork1965 bumhole1967 mofo1967 tosspot1967 crudball1968 dipstick1968 douche1968 frickface1968 schlong1968 fuckwit1969 rassclaat1969 ass1970 wank1970 fecker1971 wanker1971 butt-fucker1972 slimeball1972 bloodclaat1973 fuckwad1974 mutha1974 suck1974 cocksuck1977 tosser1977 plank1981 sleazebag1981 spastic1981 dweeb1982 bumboclaat1983 dickwad1983 scuzzbag1983 sleazeball1983 butt-face1984 dickweed1984 saddie1985 butt plug1986 jerkweed1988 dick-sucker1989 microcephalic1989 wankstain1990 sadster1992 buttmunch1993 fanny1995 jackhole1996 fassyhole1997 fannybaws2000 fassy2002 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 1707 Þe cait[if]este creatour [a1500 Trin. Dublin creatur] þat cried was euire. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xxxiii. 103 A more fouler and hydeous creature was neuer sene. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. iii. 17 And from the commonst creature plucke a gloue. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. i. 1 Hence: home you idle Creatures . View more context for this quotation 1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 410. ⁋1 Decent Dresses being often affected by the Creatures of the Town. 1734 A. Pope Epist. to Arbuthnot 92 The Creature's at his dirty work again. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 194. ⁋5 To lose his time in attending to the creatures on the stage. 1813 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) X. 475 The creatures who govern at Cadiz appear to feel no such interest. 1837 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (ed. 3) I. i. 1 To make sinful creatures holy. 1888 M. Morris Claverhouse ix. 154 Though the Duke was a weak creature, his position was strong. 1912 J. Stephens Charwoman's Daughter xix. 118 They don't give you time to be sick, the creatures! 1996 Daily Variety (Nexis) 20 May Critics are..soulless creatures happiest when inflicting the greatest possible pain. 2008 News of World (Nexis) 16 Mar. I never want to see that creature Donovan again and I wish I'd never set eyes on him. 3. a. A living or animate being; an animal, often as distinct from a person. ΘΚΠ the world > life > [noun] shaftc888 blooda1325 livera1382 creaturea1387 live-wight1610 animate1642 life form1850 vitality1851 bioform1958 the world > animals > [noun] neteneOE wightc888 deerc950 beastc1225 jument1382 creaturea1387 animala1398 bestialc1400 bullifanta1528 bovya1549 animant1599 man or beast1600 breather1609 fellow creature1726 fig-fauns1750 critter1815 fellow1816 demon1821 skelm1827 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1869) II. 215 (MED) Paradys was i-ȝeue to mankynde forto wonye ynne..þe tree of lyf for mete, and al creatures for solace. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 1839 (MED) Þat was na creatur in liue þat moght to grund or reche or riue. c1430 (c1386) G. Chaucer Legend Good Women (Cambr. Gg.4.27) (1879) l. 2164 There dwellede cryatur non Saue wilde bestis. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 5534 How many kind of creatours þat in þe cole duellis. ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. aa.viv Euery beest and lyuynge creature. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C3v Commeth drowsie night, When euery creature shrowded is in sleepe. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. ii. 19 Whatsoeuer Adam called euery liuing creature, that was the name thereof. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 506 A Creature..not prone And Brute as other Creatures. View more context for this quotation 1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Cat, a Creature well known. 1733 A. Pope Ess. Man iii. 174 Go! from the Creatures thy Instructions take; Learn from the Birds what Food the Thickets yield. 1837 T. De Quincey Revolt of Tartars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 105/2 The camels..These arid and adust creatures. 1878 T. H. Huxley Physiography (ed. 2) 79 On introducing a living animal into the air, the creature was suffocated. 1948 H. Brean Wilders walk Away xii. 144 His implication is that extraterrestrial creatures occasionally make appearances on this planet. 2007 Nature 15 Nov. 349/1 This year the baiji river dolphin..was added to the list of creatures on the verge of extinction. b. Chiefly U.S. regional. A farm animal; (in plural) cattle. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock feec900 auchtOE orfOE avers1292 storea1300 bestialc1350 cattlea1400 ware1422 quickc1450 goods1472 stock?1523 chattel1627 live goods1635 team1655 creature1662 livestocka1687 living stock1690 farming stock1749 farm animal1805 fat-stock1881 1662 in B. D. Hicks Rec. N. & S. Hempstead, Long Island (1896) I. 105 This day (at a generall towne meeting) was given to Caleb Carman two hollowes;..he is to secure them from all creatures. 1698 Prov. Laws Mass. Act 10 Will. III The owners or claimers of any such creatures [i.e. swine, neat cattle, horses, or sheep], impounded as aforesaid, shall pay the fees, etc. 1757 T. Hale et al. Compl. Body Husbandry (new ed.) II. vii. iii. 454 When any Creature the Farmer has a Mind to feed with the Turnip, does not take kindly to it at first, the Way is to boil it. 1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 94 She told us further, that travellers commonly hire a creature (a horse) at her house. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) (at cited word) ‘The creatures will be put into the pasture to-day.’ 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 285 He used the word ‘creatures’ for kine, and the like, precisely as our farmers do now. c1933 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (1985) I. (at cited word) A tongue is the piece of wood between the two creatures. 4. A person who owes his or her fortune and position, and remains subservient to, a patron; a person who is ready to do another's bidding; a puppet, a cat's paw. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > puppet or toy hackneya1500 toy1573 creature1587 puppet1592 motion1602 baublea1616 plaything1680 dummy1866 society > authority > subjection > subjecting or subjugation > [noun] > bringing under control > one who is under control of another mammetc1390 creature1587 puppet1592 ass1614 the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > instrumentality > [noun] > (a) means > person as > mere stale1580 creature1587 puppet1592 motion1602 property1611 looma1650 tool1663 cat's-foot1675 cat's paw1785 paw1824 dummy1866 stooge1937 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. x. 159 When they [sc. kings, etc.] giue any man a qualitie which he had not afore, they terme him their Creature, as hauing made somewhat of nothing, in respect of the qualitie wherewith he was indewed. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 246 In their roomes [he] placed other his owne creatures. a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) i. i. 118 This Fellow heere, L. Timon, this thy Creature, By night frequents my house. View more context for this quotation 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) xxiv. 265 The See of Rome did..dispose of the best Benefices to their own Creatures and Servants. a1704 T. Brown Declam. Praise Wealth in Wks. (1707) I. i. 123 To be the Creature, or Servant of Justice and Nature. 1754 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. I. 256 Sir Francis Windebank..was a creature of Laud. 1787 Times 9 Nov. 3/3 The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs, who are chosen by, and are the legal representatives of the Citizens at large, and not merely the creatures of the Corporation. 1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iii. 83 We are but the creatures of circumstances. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vi. §5. 317 He [sc. Wolsey] regarded himself and proclaimed himself simply as the creature of the King. 1968 Guardian 2 Apr. 18/2 Humphrey..is by his office the President's creature and by his speeches the President's apologist. 1992 Independent (Nexis) 25 Oct. 35 The extent to which Saddam Hussein was a creature of the West, encouraged by America and Britain to pursue his aggression against Iran. 5. figurative. A result, product, or offspring of something; a creation.creature of circumstance: see circumstance n. 4a. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > production > product blossomc1230 fodmea1325 burgeona1340 progenya1393 geniture?1440 fruitc1450 productionc1450 offspring1573 product1573 nursling1591 bantling1593 excrement1600 procedue1602 issuea1616 procedure1626 creature1651 produce1657 parturition1659 outbirth1663 sequel1669 brat1678 operation1774 outgoing1850 fruitling1876 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan i. xii. 53 Nothing else but creatures of the Fancy. 1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 31 Both ships and garments were the creatures of lands and mens labours thereupon. 1748 J. Hervey Medit. (ed. 2) II. 4 Nor are these Miseries imaginary only, or the Creatures of a groundless Panic. 1854 D. Brewster More Worlds xvi. 247 In support of these theories he adduces the zodiacal light, itself a creature of theory. 1855 Sir J. Pearson in Law Times Rep. 53 382/2 The railway and the rights of the railway are the creatures of the Act of Parliament. 1980 W. Maxwell So long, see you Tomorrow (1981) ii. 13 We were both creatures of the period... Heavy-businessman-father-and-the-oversensitive-artistic-son. 1998 Washington Monthly (Nexis) 1 June Sport-utes [= sport-utility vehicles] aren't just the creatures of corporate greed. They're popular because—why not admit it?—they're fun to drive. Phrases creature of habit: a person whose behaviour is guided by habit; a person who or animal which tends to follow an unvarying routine.In quot. 1741: an impulse arising from habit. ΚΠ 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. 560 The dictates of our unruly passions, being..the creatures of habit, not of nature. 1756 F. Greville & F. Greville Maxims, Characters, & Refl. 250 Is a man a creature of habit, or change? 1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son liii. 529 If we were not such creatures of habit as we are, we shouldn't have reason to be astonished half so often. 1892 W. S. Gilbert Mountebanks ii. 45 I'm such a creature of habit that I find it difficult to remember that I am no longer a rantipole. 1922 Jrnl. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 18 471 Man, being a creature of habit, dislikes to have his routine changed. 1973 A. J. P. Taylor Let. 1 Feb. in Lett. to Eva (1991) 113 I am a creature of habit and must write once a fortnight for my own sake as well as yours. 2000 Petcare Jan.–Feb. 4/3 Simply move the litter tray to your rabbit's chosen spot—rabbits are creatures of habit and always go in the same place. 2004 D. Cosper Wedding Season i. 3 Which is not to say that I'm not a creature of habit... I am a walking antonym for spontaneity. Compounds C1. a. attributive, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or connected with creatures’, as creature attraction, creature competition, etc. ΚΠ 1654 J. Norton Orthodox Evangelist 262 All creature-effects (i.e. all such effects, as proceed from the creature,..) presuppose a principle, virtually, or formally, containing such effects. 1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 59 All creature-competitions would then be..impossible. 1689 P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 364 He is both Jachin and Boaz too; our creature-props are neither. 1740 Diary A. Brodie 130 How moderate should our Expectations and Joys be of Creature-hopes! 1826 W. Jay Christian Contemplated ii. 56 Another prevention is to be found in creature attraction, and worldly cares. 1863 A. Trollope Rachel Ray I. ix. 184 You and I should be governed..by a sense of duty, rather than by the poor creature-longings of the heart. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 18 Dec. 13/1 The war was going badly, the officials charged with seeing to the Army's creature needs were doing almost nothing right. b. Appositive, as creature-delight, creature-god, creature-good. ΚΠ 1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life ii. 18 The best Creature-delights..are mixed. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plato in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 551 The γεννητοὶ θεοὶ, that is, the Creature-Gods. 1743 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Coll. Psalms (new ed.) li. 17 No Creature-Good dost thou desire. c. Objective, as creature-love, creature-making, creature-worship. ΚΠ 1665 T. Mall Offer of Farther Help ix. 96 O mortifie self-love, and creature-love. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 472 Injoyning Creature-worship..with the Worship of the Creator. 2003 New Yorker 1 Dec. 54/1 Winston..elevated the craft of creature-making from the somewhat comical man-in-a-rubber-suit monsters of the nineteen-fifties and sixties to animatronics. C2. creature comforts n. material comforts such as food, clothing, accommodation, etc., that contribute to physical ease and well-being; (also in singular. creature comfort) any one such comfort. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > physical comfort > [noun] > material comfort(s) ease1393 creature1540 creature comforts1641 comfortable1650 comfort1659 convenience1673 conveniency1712 home comfort1797 comforter1837 1641 T. Wilson David's Zeale for Zion 15 A pious mans greatest care is, that (whatever become of him and his liberty, credit, or creature-comforts) vile persons that speake villany, may have their mouthes stopped. 1670 T. Brooks London's Lamentations ii. 49 With plentiful store of all Creature comforts. 1769 B. Wallin Eternal Mansion 31 A just estimate of this life is becoming and useful; but we are prone to over-rate creature-comforts, and place too much upon them. 1850 T. A. Trollope Impress. Wanderer xviii. 281 Toulouse..[is] abundantly supplied with all the creature-comforts of life. 1885 Encycl. Brit. XVIII. 681/1 Pietro..resolutely denied himself every creature-comfort. 1959 Cambr. Rev. 24 Oct. 58/1 With ingenuity and goodwill the creature-comfort problems of increasing the numbers of our societies quite considerably could be solved. 1990 Ideal Home Apr. 43/2 (advt.) Creature comforts like stereo radio/cassette will help you survive the most gruelling rush-hour marathon. creature feature n. colloquial a film or television programme featuring fantastical or monstrous creatures. ΚΠ 1965 Progress-Index (Petersburg, Va.) 28 Mar. 30/6 (advt.) Screen's greatest double creature feature ‘Curse of Frankenstein’ and ‘Horror of Dracula’. 1990 Australian 26 Oct. (Brisbane ed.) 9/4 [A] likeable new creature feature, about a colony of worm-like monsters that surface in the Nevada desert. 2002 Times 4 Apr. ii. 26/3 Michael Crichton's creature feature offers a variation on his Jurassic Park formula, the twist being that this time the jungle location is overrun by super-intelligent gorillas. 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