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

• If heaven and earth are ruthless, they treat the myriad creatures as straw dogs; if the sage is ruthless, he treats the people as straw dogs.
  天地不仁，以万物为刍狗；圣人不仁，以百姓为刍狗。（《道德经》）
• 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。
• Man is the deity over all creatures.
  人乃万物之灵。
• 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。
• 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。
• Jirtle and Waterland set about to see if they could change the unfortunate genetic legacy of these little creatures.
  吉透和沃特兰在开始时想看看这些小生物是否能改变这不幸的遗传病。
• 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。
• 8. Halloween is also associated with supernatural creatures like ghosts and vampires.
  万圣节还和一些诸如鬼魂和吸血鬼之类的超自然的生物有关。
• An enchanting thought, nature's creatures and scenes brought to life in the mirror of time and change!
  一个迷人的想法、自然的人和现场在时间和变化的镜子中带给了生活！
• Broadly, we investigate the world's lakes and rivers and the creatures which inhabit them.
  宽广地，我们调查世界的湖和河和居住于他们的人。