单词 | creature |
释义 | crea·ture 1. a. obsolete b. archaic < were put to it to reconcile the phrase good creatures … with the fare set before us — Charles Lamb > c. chiefly dialect < a drop o' the creature > 2. a. < visited in their haunts the wild creatures of the woods > especially b. < fellow creatures > : person < the dearest creature in the world > < the poor creature has had a hard life > — often used in disparagement < I'll never speak to that creature again > c. < strange fearsome creatures, neither man nor beast > < a world of fancy peopled by creatures unknown to man > 3. a. < the Governor was a mere creature of the Senator's > < the bank is a creature of Congress > b. < a creature of habit > < the individual who is simultaneously the creator, the carrier, and the creature of all institutions — Abram Kardiner > |
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