beast

B0137700 (bēst)n.1. An animal other than a human, especially a large four-footed mammal.2. Animal nature as opposed to intellect or spirit: an insult that brought out the beast in him.3. A very large or powerful person or thing: drives a beast of a truck.4. Something of a specified kind: Her latest film is an odd beast.5. A brutal, contemptible person.

[Middle English beste, from Old French, from Latin bēstia.]

beast

(biːst) n1. any animal other than man, esp a large wild quadruped2. savage nature or characteristics: the beast in man. 3. a brutal, uncivilized, or filthy personvb (Military) (tr) military slang chiefly Brit to punish or torture (someone) in a manner that involves excessive physical exercise[C13: from Old French beste, from Latin bestia, of obscure origin]

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n. 1. any nonhuman animal, esp. a large, four-footed mammal. 2. the crude animal nature common to humans and other animals. 3. a cruel, coarse, or filthy person. 4. any animal, as distinguished from a plant. [1175–1225; Middle English < Old French beste < Latin bēstia]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	beast - a living organism characterized by voluntary movementanimal, animate being, creature, fauna, bruteorganism, being - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independentlyritual killing, sacrifice - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deitytracking, trailing - the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behindanimal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animalspest - any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"critter - a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)creepy-crawly - an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)darter - a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly; "squirrels are darters"peeper - an animal that makes short high-pitched soundshomeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm - an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperatureectotherm, poikilotherm - an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings; any animal except birds and mammalsrange animal - any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep)varment, varmint - any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyotescavenger - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matterwork animal - an animal trained for and used for heavy labordomestic animal, domesticated animal - any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environmentfeeder - an animal that feeds on a particular source of food; "a bark feeder"; "a mud feeder"migrator - an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the yearmolter, moulter - an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)pet - a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusementstayer - a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance; "the horse that won the race is a good stayer"stunt - a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growthmarine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature - any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammalsfemale - an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)male - an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)adult - any mature animalyoung, offspring - any immature animalpureblood, purebred, thoroughbred - a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage; used especially of horsesgiant - any creature of exceptional sizesurvivor - an animal that survives in spite of adversity; "only the fittest animals were survivors of the cold winters"mutant - an animal that has undergone mutationherbivore - any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants; "horses are herbivores"; "the sauropod dinosaurs were apparently herbivores"insectivore - any organism that feeds mainly on insectsacrodont - an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without socketspleurodont - an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without socketsmicroorganism, micro-organism - any organism of microscopic sizeactinomycete - any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetaleszooplankton - animal constituent of plankton; mainly small crustaceans and fish larvaeconceptus, fertilized egg, embryo - an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval lifechordate - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal columninvertebrate - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classificationmetazoan - any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa; all animals except protozoans and spongesomnivore - an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substancespredatory animal, predator - any animal that lives by preying on other animalsprey, quarry - animal hunted or caught for foodgame - animal hunted for food or sport
	2.	beast - a cruelly rapacious person brute, savage, wildcat, wolfaggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker - someone who attacks

beast

noun1. animal, creature, brute the threats our ancestors faced from wild beasts2. brute, monster, savage, barbarian, fiend, swine, ogre, ghoul, sadist a sex beast who subjected two sisters to a terrifying ordealQuotations
"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,"
"Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?" [W.B. Yeats The Second Coming]

beast

nounA perversely bad, cruel, or wicked person:archfiend, devil, fiend, ghoul, monster, ogre, tiger, vampire.

Translations

令人讨厌的人四足兽野蛮的人

beast

(biːst) 1. a four-footed (especially large) animal. beasts of the jungle. （四足）兽 2. a cruel, brutal person. 野蛮的人3. an unpleasant person. Arthur is a beast for refusing to come!令人讨厌的人ˈbeastly adjective1. like a beast. 野兽般的2. disagreeable. What a beastly thing to do! 使人不愉快的，恶劣的 ˈbeastliness noun兽性

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beast with two backs

A couple engaged in sexual intercourse, referring to the exposure of each partner's back when embraced in the missionary or standing position. Usually used in the phrase "make the beast with two backs." I have my suspicions that, in secret, they are making the beast with two backs.See also: back, beast, two

make the beast with two backs

To engage in sexual intercourse with another person, referring to the exposure of each partner's back when embraced in the missionary or standing position. I have my suspicions that, in secret, they are making the beast with two backs.See also: back, beast, make, two

feed the beast

1. In politics, to fund or supplement governmental spending, especially through increased tax revenue. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. Politicians are always looking for new ways to feed the beast, but if we really want the economy to recover, we need to be cutting taxes across the board.2. To devote or contribute an undue amount of resources, time, or energy to a self-perpetuating pursuit, situation, behavior, or desire. His addiction had become so severe that he sold everything he owned to keep feeding the beast. The country's leaders enlisted every able man to feed the beast of its war of expansion. We're brainwashed from a young age to continue feeding the beast of consumerism.See also: beast, feed

king of (the) beasts

The lion, especially in cultural or artistic depictions. Engraved in striking marble, the king of beasts stands sentinel over this ancient arena. The king of the beasts is the symbol for the zodiac sign Leo.See also: beast, king, of

be (of) no use to man or beast

To be completely useless; to serve no purpose; to be unsuitable to anyone or anything. I admire the intelligence with which you argue your points, friend, but unless you're willing to put your words into action, I'm afraid your philosophizing is of no use to man or beast. After 20 years, my faithful old truck finally broke down for good. It's no use to man or beast anymore.See also: beast, man, no, use

beast of burden

A domesticated animal used by humans to carry or pull heavy loads. Camels have been used by people as beasts of burden for thousands of years because of their size, strength, and ability to travel long distances with minimal need for food and water.See also: beast, burden, of

the nature of the beast

The traits inherent to a thing or situation, especially a negative or difficult one. Unfortunately, exhaustion is just the nature of the beast when you're a new parent. Of course you're scared—that's just the nature of the beast when you make big changes in your life.See also: beast, nature, of

(that's) the nature of the beast

(That's) the basic, inherent quality or character of something. You get rich quick in the stock market or you can lose your shirt. That's the nature of the beast. Uncertainty in life is just the nature of the beast. You never know what's going to happen next.See also: beast, nature, of

be no good to man or beast

To be completely useless; to serve no purpose; to be unsuitable to anyone or anything. I admire the intelligence with which you argue your points, friend, but unless you're willing to put your words into action, I'm afraid your philosophizing is no good to man or beast. After 20 years, my faithful old truck finally broke down for good. It's no good to man or beast anymore.See also: beast, good, man, no

no use, it's

1. It's impossible; it can't succeed. For example, It's no use; these pieces just don't fit. [c. 1800] 2. Also, it's no use to man or beast. It's worthless, it serves no purpose, as in This car is so old it's no use to man or beast. Also see have no use for. See also: no

no use to man or beast

no good to man or beast

LITERARYIf someone or something is no use to man or beast, they are completely useless. Much against his will, he took with him six complete beginners, of no use to man or beast. Note: This is part of the old saying, `When the wind is in the east, 'tis neither good for man nor beast.' See also: beast, man, no, use

the nature of the beast

If you say that something is the nature of the beast, you mean that it is a part of the character of the person or thing that you are talking about and cannot be avoided. Negotiations always get tougher towards the end. That's the nature of the beast. If you play any sport at this level, you're going to get injured from time to time. That's just the nature of the beast. Note: If you say that someone knows the nature of the beast, you mean that they know or understand a particular person or thing very well. Having served as Secretary of State for Education in Edward Heath's government, she knew the nature of the beast.See also: beast, nature, of

king of beasts

the lion.See also: beast, king, of

the nature of the beast

the inherent or essential quality or character of something, which cannot be changed and must be accepted. informalSee also: beast, nature, of

be no good/use to ˈman or ˈbeast

(informal) be completely useless: Since the Chernobyl disaster the land round here has been no use to man or beast.See also: beast, good, man, no, use

beast

1. n. an ugly person. That beast should give the monkey back its face before the poor creature bumps into something. 2. n. a crude, violent, or sexually aggressive male; an animal. Oh, Martin, you’re such a beast! 3. n. liquor. Pour me some more of that beast.

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beast with two backs

make the beast with two backs

feed the beast

king of (the) beasts

be (of) no use to man or beast

beast of burden

the nature of the beast

(that's) the nature of the beast

be no good to man or beast

no use, it's

no use to man or beast

no good to man or beast

the nature of the beast

king of beasts

the nature of the beast

be no good/use to ˈman or ˈbeast

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noun a perversely bad, cruel, or wicked person

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noun a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

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noun a cruelly rapacious person

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