5a (very/completely/entirely) different animalinformalDIFFERENT 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。
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a (very/completely/entirely) different animal• But as I take my very first step on to the ground she becomes a very different animal.• Each dancer had to assume the actions of a different animal.• I was a Territorial, a very different animal.• My secondexample, although involving a very different animal, raises the samekind of questions.• So in Utah now, Rivendell is really a different animal.• You should repeat each test at least ten times using a different animal of the same kind for each test.
6a political/social etc animalinformalINTERESTED someone who is interested in politics, in meeting other people etc 热衷于政治/社交等的人
animal 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 drinksmilk 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• Animalscontract the infection by eatingfeed 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 experimentalanimals show that it may be the long termconsequence of glomerular haemodynamic abnormalitiesinduced by long term hyperglycaemia.• farmanimals• 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 realsleep.• Go round the animals rather than walking through a group of them.• The animals are, and he's got his comeuppance.• wildanimals 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 universalbond between animal lovers and vets that made it so easy to become part of the community.• But the plan was slammed by animal loversyesterday.• The foundation helps animal loversbuyhorses directly from their holding pens.• Would that as many animal lovers were as quick to speak and defenddumb animals instead of stayingsilent as so many do.• And, unlike some animal lovers, she likes people.• At Beckford in Worcestershire fifty hedgehogs have been brought in by worriedanimal lovers.
the animal kingdom• With man effort not often matched in the animal kingdom, he overcame that considerableobstacle.• 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 crudelie 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 obviousdiscriminations which we make between similar treatment of different species within the animal kingdom.