creatures

英 [ˈkriːtʃəz]

美 [ˈkritʃərz]

n.  生物; 动物; (具有某种特征的)人
creature的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指不熟悉或想象中的)生物，动物
  You can refer to any living thing that is not a plant as acreature, especially when it is of an unknown or unfamiliar kind. People also refer to imaginary animals and beings ascreatures.
  1. Alaskan Eskimos believe that every living creature possesses a spirit...
     阿拉斯加的爱斯基摩人认为每一个活着的生物都有灵魂。
  2. The garden is surrounded by a hedge in which many small creatures can live...
     花园四周是树篱，许多小动物可以在那里栖身。
  3. They have been visited by creatures from outer space.
     有外星人拜访了他们。
• 她很迷人，是个可人儿。 → see:She's charming, a sweet creature...
• N-COUNT 傀儡;奴才;走狗
  If you describe someone as someone else'screature, you mean that they are controlled by or depend on that person.
  1. We are not creatures of the Conservative government.
     我们不是保守派政府的傀儡。

双语例句

• These tiresome creatures eat holes in the leaves
  这些讨厌的虫子在叶子上咬出了洞。
• Children's books often depict farmyard animals as gentle, lovable creatures.
  儿童图书常常把农场的动物描写得温和而可爱。
• Pets are very sensitive and wise creatures.
  宠物是非常敏感和很有智慧的生物。
• These creatures can multiply quickly.
  这些动物能迅速繁殖。
• She had decided that as a doctor she had a responsibility to her fellow creatures.
  她已经决定，作为医生，她应该对自己的同胞负责。
• Most living creatures are capable of adaptation when compelled to do so.
  大多数生物都能在迫于压力的情况下适应新环境。
• Birds and other creatures would have surrounded the musicians.
  在这里，这位音乐家周围到处都是鸟儿和其他生物。
• Warm-blooded included mammals and birds whereas all other creatures were considered cold-blooded.
  暖血动物包括哺乳动物和鸟类，其它动物统统被视为冷血动物。
• There are only two creatures who can surmount the pyramids-the eagle and the snail.
  能登上金字塔的动物只有两种&雄鹰和蜗牛。
• They have been visited by creatures from outer space.
  有外星人拜访了他们。