animal

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈæn.ə.məl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms.
    — Near-synonym: critter
  2. Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human. broadly
  3. A higher animal; an animal related to humans. broadly
    — When he's hungry my toddler opens his mouth like an animal instead of asking us to feed him.
  4. A higher animal; an animal related to humans.; A tetrapod; a land-dwelling nonhuman vertebrate. broadly,colloquial
    — Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
  5. A higher animal; an animal related to humans.; A warm-blooded animal; a mammal or bird. broadly
  6. A higher animal; an animal related to humans.; A non-human mammal. broadly
    — I spent my summer studying the animals and birds of the two islands.
  7. A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person. figuratively
    — My students are animals.
  8. A person of a particular type specified by an adjective. informal
    — He's a political animal.
  9. Matter, thing. informal
    — a whole different animal
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to animals. not-comparable
    — animal instincts
  2. Raw, base, unhindered by social codes. not-comparable
    — animal passions
  3. Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation. not-comparable
    — To explain what activated the flesh, ‘animal spirits’ were posited, superfine fluids which shuttled between the mind and the vitals, conveying messages and motion.
  4. Excellent. Ireland,not-comparable,slang

词形变化

animals plural

词汇关系

近义词
animal beast beastie creature critter deer
上位词
living thing organism
下位词
female animal male animal youngling vertebrate invertebrate fish amphibian reptile bird mammal arthropod insect arachnid crustacean mollusc herbivore carnivore folivore frugivore insectivore omnivore bug creepy-crawly fowl livestock pet
衍生词
advice animal ambassador animal animal activist animal African trypanosomiasis animal-assisted therapy animal black animal cabinet animal charcoal animal coat animal companion animal control officer animal cracker animal dentistry animal dye animalesque animal experimentation animal fat animal feed animal flower animal food animal fries animal heat animal hoarding animalhood animal house animal husbandry animalian animalicide animalish animalism animalist animalistic animalivore animalivorous Animal Jammer animalkind animal kingdom animal liberation animal-like animal magnetism animaloid animal print animal product animal protein factor animal registry animal reminder disgust animal rights animal sanctuary animal science animal shelter animal soul animal starch animal tester animal testing animal trafficking animal trypanosomiasis animal unit animal welfare animal welfarist anipal antianimal assistance animal balloon animal companimal companion animal compound animal draft animal draught animal eat like an animal emotional support animal farm animal funny animal go the entire animal intensive animal farming interanimal intraanimal koranimal manimal microanimal moss animal multianimal pack animal party animal planimal plant-animal plush animal political animal power animal rare animal robo-animal scape-animal service animal Set animal small animal spirit animal stock animal stuffed animal therapy animal Typhonian animal Typhonic animal wereanimal wheel animal wild animal working animal zoo animal animally nonanimal animalize animalness animal pole animal spirits animal–industrial complex humanimal semianimal superanimal vegetoanimal
相关词
anima animalcule Animalia animalier animate animus :Category:Animals Wiktionary appendix of terms relating to animals

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos
Proto-Italic *anamos
Latin animus
Latin anima
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin animālis
Latin animalder.
Old French animalbor.
Middle English animal
English animal
From Middle English animal, from Old French animal, from Latin animal, a nominal use of the adjective form animāle, neuter of animālis, from anima (“breath, spirit”).
Displaced native English deer (outside puristic usage) in the general animal sense, from Middle English der, deor (“animal”), from Old English dēor, related to German Tier (“animal”), Dutch dier, Swedish djur etc. Displaced also rother (“horned animal, esp. ox”, now obsolete), from Middle English rother, reother (“a bovine”), from Old English hrīþer, hrȳþer.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos
Proto-Italic *anamos
Latin animus
Latin anima
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālis
Latin animālisbor.
Middle English animal
English animal
From Middle English animal, from Latin animālis, from either anima (“breath, spirit”) or animus. Originally distinct from the noun, it became associated with attributive use of the noun and is now indistinguishable from it.
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