| 单词 | creature |
| 释义 | creature /kree"cheuhr/, n. 1. an animal, esp. a nonhuman: the creatures of the woods and fields; a creature from outer space. 2. anything created, whether animate or inanimate. 3. person; human being: She is a charming creature. The driver of a bus is sometimes an irritable creature. 4. an animate being. 5. a person whose position or fortune is owed to someone or something and who continues under the control or influence of that person or thing: The cardinal was a creature of Louis XI. 6. Scot. and Older U.S. Use. intoxicating liquor, esp. whiskey (usually prec. by the): He drinks a bit of the creature before bedtime. [1250-1300; ME creature < LL creatura act of creating. See CREATE, -URE] |
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