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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++an·i·mal1 /ˈænəməl/ ●●● S1 W1 noun [countable] 1 HBAa living creature such as a dog or cat, that is not an insect, plant, bird, fish, or person 兽，动物，牲畜〔不包括昆虫、植物、鸟类、鱼类或人类〕 furry little animals 毛茸茸的小动物wild/domestic/farm animals cattle, sheep, and other domestic animals 牛、羊及其他家畜 The cosmetics have not been tested on animals. 这些化妆品没有进行过动物试验。 Beth is an animal lover (=someone who likes animals). 贝丝是个喜欢动物的人。2 any living creature that is not a plant or a person 动物〔除植物或人类以外的生物〕 He can’t stand cruelty to animals of any sort. 他不能容忍任何虐待动物的行为。 the animal welfare movement in Britain 英国的动物援助运动 the enormous diversity of the animal kingdom 动物界的品种繁杂3 HBAany living creature, including people 动物〔包括人〕 Man is a highly intelligent animal. 人是一种高智慧动物。4 informalVIOLENT someone who behaves in a cruel, violent, or very rude way 衣冠禽兽，残暴的人，畜生 Football hooligans are just animals. 足球流氓简直是禽兽。5 a (very/completely/entirely) different animal informalDIFFERENT something that is very different from the thing you have mentioned 非常不同/截然不同的事物 Writing email is a very different animal from all other forms of writing. 写电子邮件不同于其他任何形式的写作。6 a political/social etc animal informalINTERESTED someone who is interested in politics, in meeting other people etc 热衷于政治/社交等的人 He is simply not a social animal. 他就是不善社交的那种人。 THESAURUSanimal a living thing such as a dog, cow, or tiger, but not an insect, fish, or bird 兽，动物，牲畜〔不包括昆虫、鱼类或鸟类〕farm animals such as cows, sheep, and pigs 牛、羊、猪等家畜People are becoming more concerned about animal welfare. 人们越来越关注动物的福祉。creature /ˈkriːtʃə $ -ər/ an animal – used especially when describing a particular animal’s characteristics or when referring to animals generally 生物；动物〔尤用于表示某种动物的特征或泛指动物〕The cheetah is a magnificent creature. 猎豹是一种威武雄壮的动物。all the living creatures in the sea 海洋中的所有生物beast an animal, especially a large or dangerous one 〔尤指大型或危险的〕野兽To most people, lions are savage beasts. 在大多数人看来，狮子是凶残的野兽。a wild beast 野兽living thing an animal considered as one of a group of things that grow and then die, including humans and plants 生物〔指有生命周期的生物，包括人类和植物〕The only living things we saw were dogs and cats. 我们看到的活物仅有猫和狗。species /ˈspiːʃiːz/ a group of animals whose members are similar and can breed together to produce young animals 物种Seven species of birds of prey have been observed. 观察到了七种猛禽。mammal an animal that drinks milk from its mother’s body when it is young 哺乳动物Humans, dogs, and whales are all mammals. 人、狗和鲸都是哺乳动物。vertebrate a living creature that has a backbone 脊椎动物viruses that affect chickens, monkeys, and most other vertebrates 感染鸡、猴子及其他许多脊椎动物的病毒invertebrate a living creature that does not have a backbone 无脊椎动物earthworms and other small invertebrates 蚯蚓及其他小型无脊椎动物
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animal• Animals contract the infection by eating feed that has been supplemented by the tissues of other infected animals.• We saw it as an opportunity to harvest an animal and help out Fish and Game.• My gut felt like I had reached my hand into a dying animal.• Data on experimental animals show that it may be the long term consequence of glomerular haemodynamic abnormalities induced by long term hyperglycaemia.• farm animals• We are merely animals, creatures that are brought kicking and screaming into this world and then die.• Glycogen is found in a variety of animal tissues, particularly the liver.• Apparently the animal can go all winter without food, but it periodically needs real sleep.• Go round the animals rather than walking through a group of them.• The animals are, and he's got his comeuppance.• wild animals in the jungle• Get away from me, you animal!animal lover• An adventurer and an animal lover, Goodall was also 23 and beautiful.• Actress and animal lover, Damaris Hayman is leading a campaign to keep the animal collection in the Park.• Perhaps it was the universal bond between animal lovers and vets that made it so easy to become part of the community.• But the plan was slammed by animal lovers yesterday.• The foundation helps animal lovers buy horses directly from their holding pens.• Would that as many animal lovers were as quick to speak and defend dumb animals instead of staying silent as so many do.• And, unlike some animal lovers, she likes people.• At Beckford in Worcestershire fifty hedgehogs have been brought in by worried animal lovers.the animal kingdom• With man effort not often matched in the animal kingdom, he overcame that considerable obstacle.• Molluscs Molluscs belong to the largest phylum in the animal kingdom and are a very varied group of animals.• This we shall see to be as true of man as of any of his relatives in the animal kingdom.• Upon the balance between them depends the enormous variety of societies seen in the animal kingdom.• Such a crude lie can surely be perceived by that genius of the animal kingdom, humans.• The circles were full up, and therefore man was not a part of the animal kingdom at all.• They are the tanks of the animal kingdom, and they come in many forms.• It ignores the obvious discriminations which we make between similar treatment of different species within the animal kingdom.animal2 adjective 1. animal urges/instincts etc BASIChuman feelings, desires etc that are connected with sex, food, and other basic needs 兽欲/动物本能等2 animal products/fats/protein etc things that are made or come from animals 动物产品/脂肪/蛋白等 a diet rich in red meat and animal fats 摄入大量红肉和动物脂肪的饮食Examples from the Corpus
animal• There are constant reminders that we, too, are animal beings and part of nature, not mere observers.• We have also prepared many animal carcasses or parts of them as study specimens.• She also was a benefactor to other health support groups and animal charities.• George Mendonca, a topiary gardener and real-life Edward Scissorhands who clips animal forms from plants.• Both cut to pieces anything animal in their path, and both have acquired a mystique of terror in their own land.• Road protesters, animal liberationists, that sort of thing.• In the end, plant and animal life is choked to death.• And, accordingly, the two retrievers trained by De Cagny for the film came from an animal rescue program.Origin animal1 (1300-1400) Latin animalis “having life”, from anima “soul”an·i·mal1 noun →THESAURUS1animal2 adjectiveChineseSyllable
cat, creature or that a dog as Corpus living a such
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an‧i‧mal1 S1 W1 /ˈænəməl, ˈænɪməl/ 
noun [countable]
furry little animals
wild/domestic/farm animals
cattle, sheep, and other domestic animals
The cosmetics have not been tested on animals.
Beth is an animal lover (=someone who likes animals).
2. any living creature that is not a plant or a person:
He can’t stand cruelty to animals of any sort.
the animal welfare movement in Britain
the enormous diversity of the animal kingdom
3. any living creature, including people:
Man is a highly intelligent animal.
4. informal someone who behaves in a cruel, violent, or very rude way:
Football hooligans are just animals.
5. a (very/completely/entirely) different animal informal something that is very different from the thing you have mentioned:
Writing email is a very different animal from all other forms of writing.
6. a political/social etc animal informal someone who is interested in politics, in meeting other people etc:
He is simply not a social animal.
▪ animal a living thing such as a dog, cow, or tiger, but not an insect, fish, or bird: farm animals such as cows, sheep, and pigs | People are becoming more concerned about animal welfare.
▪creature /ˈkriːtʃə $ -ər/ an animal – used especially when describing a particular animal’s characteristics or when referring to animals generally: The cheetah is a magnificent creature. | all the living creatures in the sea
▪beast an animal, especially a large or dangerous one: To most people, lions are savage beasts. | a wild beast
▪living thing an animal considered as one of a group of things that grow and then die, including humans and plants: The only living things we saw were dogs and cats.
▪species /ˈspiːʃiːz/ a group of animals whose members are similar and can breed together to produce young animals: Seven species of birds of prey have been observed.
▪mammal an animal that drinks milk from its mother’s body when it is young: Humans, dogs, and whales are all mammals.
▪vertebrate a living creature that has a backbone: viruses that affect chickens, monkeys, and most other vertebrates
▪invertebrate a living creature that does not have a backbone: earthworms and other small invertebrates
animal2 adjective
1. animal urges/instincts etc human feelings, desires etc that are connected with sex, food, and other basic needs
2. animal products/fats/protein etc things that are made or come from animals:
a diet rich in red meat and animal fats
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noun [countable] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: animalis 'having life', from anima 'soul'
1. a living creature such as a dog or cat, that is not an insect, plant, bird, fish, or person:Language: Latin
Origin: animalis 'having life', from anima 'soul'
wild/domestic/farm animals
2. any living creature that is not a plant or a person:
3. any living creature, including people:
4. informal someone who behaves in a cruel, violent, or very rude way:
5. a (very/completely/entirely) different animal informal something that is very different from the thing you have mentioned:
6. a political/social etc animal informal someone who is interested in politics, in meeting other people etc:
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adjective1. animal urges/instincts etc human feelings, desires etc that are connected with sex, food, and other basic needs
2. animal products/fats/protein etc things that are made or come from animals:
Animals 动物
animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on sth) 动物交配／繁育／繁殖／以…为食 fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)鱼／两栖动物游动／产卵 birds fly/migrate/nest/sing 鸟飞翔／迁徙／筑巢／啼叫 insects crawl/fly/bite/sting 昆虫爬／飞／咬／叮 insects/bees/locusts swarm 昆虫／蜜蜂／蝗虫成群地飞来飞去 bees collect/gather nectar/pollen蜜蜂采蜜／花粉 spiders spin/weave a web蜘蛛结网／织网 snakes/lizards shed their skins 蛇／蜥蜴蜕皮 bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate 熊／刺猬／青蛙冬眠 insect larvae grow/develop/pupate 昆虫的幼虫生长／发育／化蛹 an egg/a chick/a larva hatches 卵孵化；小鸡出壳；幼虫孵出 attract/find/choose a mate吸引／找到／选择配偶 produce/release eggs/sperm产卵；排卵；产生／释放精子 lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs产卵；使卵受精；孵卵 inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast栖居于森林／礁石／海岸 mark/enter/defend (a) territory标出／进入／保卫领地 stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey悄悄接近／猎杀／捕获／杀死猎物
Plants and fungi 植物和真菌
trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower 树木／植物生长／开花 a seed germinates/sprouts 种子发芽 leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form 叶子／花蕾／根茎／幼苗长出来／长大／成形 flower buds swell/open 花蕾含苞欲放／绽放 a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes sth 菌类生长／扩散／长满… pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant给花／植物授粉 produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores长出／传播花粉／种子／孢子 produce/bear fruit结果 develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves长出根茎／嫩芽／叶子 provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients提供／吸收／提取／释放营养物 perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis进行／增加／减少光合作用
Bacteria and viruses 细菌和病毒
bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply 细菌／微生物／病毒生长／扩散／繁殖 bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on sth细菌／微生物在…中存活／大量生长 bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize sth/cause disease 细菌／微生物／病毒进化／长满…／引发疾病 bacteria break sth down/convert sth (into sth) 细菌（将某物）分解／转化（成某物） a virus enters/invades sth/the body病毒进入／侵入某物／身体 a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself) 病毒变异／演化／（自我）复制 be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria感染上／接触到一种新病毒／抗药性细菌 contain/carry/harbour/ ( especially
harbor bacteria/a virus带有细菌／病毒 kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria杀灭有害的／致命的细菌