animals

英 [ˈænɪmlz]

美 [ˈænɪmlz]

n.  兽; 牲畜; 动物(不包括鸟、鱼、爬行动物、昆虫或人); 动物(不包括植物或人的生物); 动物(包括人)
animal的复数

IELTS

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT （除鸟、鱼、昆虫或人类之外的）动物，兽类
  Ananimalis a living creature such as a dog, lion, or rabbit, rather than a bird, fish, insect, or human being.
  1. He was attacked by wild animals...
     他遭到野兽的袭击。
  2. He had a real knowledge of animals, birds and flowers.
     他在花鸟走兽方面知之甚多。
• N-COUNT 动物（泛指人类以外的任何生物）
  Any living creature other than a human being can be referred to as ananimal.
  1. Language is something which fundamentally distinguishes humans from animals.
     语言是将人类与动物区分开来的基本特征。
  2. ...a habitat for plants and animals.
     动植物的栖息地
• N-COUNT 动物（包括人类在内的任何生物）
  Any living creature, including a human being, can be referred to as ananimal.
  1. Watch any young human being, or any other young animal.
     注意儿童或其他幼小动物。
• ADJ 动物的；野兽的；取自动物的
  Animalproducts come from animals rather than from plants.
  1. The illegal trade in animal products continues to flourish...
     野生动物制品的非法交易仍旧猖獗。
  2. Cut down on animal fats found in red meat, hard cheeses and so on.
     减少摄入存在于红色肉类、硬干酪等中的动物脂肪。
• N-COUNT 禽兽;野蛮的人
  If you say that someone is ananimal, you find their behaviour disgusting or very unpleasant.
  1. This man is an animal, a beast...
     这人是个畜生，是个野兽。
  2. He was an animal in his younger days.
     他年轻时，是个衣冠禽兽。
• ADJ 肉体的；肉欲的；动物的；非理性的
  Animalqualities, feelings, or abilities relate to someone's physical nature and instincts rather than to their mind.
  1. There was no doubting the animal magnetism of the man...
     这个男人无疑有一种野性的魅力。
  2. You feel an animal panic to run and hide.
     你会感到一种本能的恐惧而想要去逃避。
• N-COUNT …类型的人;有特殊兴趣的人
  You can refer to someone as a particular type ofanimalin order to say what their interests are or what their typical behaviour is.
  1. You're quite a party animal aren't you, out there every night...
     你就是为派对而生的，不是吗，每天晚上你都去参加派对。
  2. The entrepreneur at twenty-five is a different animal from the entrepreneur at fifty.
     25岁的企业家和50岁的企业家是两种不同的人。

双语例句

• Children come to zoos precisely to see captive animals
  孩子们到动物园就是为了看圈养的动物。
• Many kinds of animals have vanished from the earth.
  许多动物已从地球上消失了。
• Plants, like animals, often have restricted habitats.
  植物和动物一样，生活环境常常有限。
• Animals get tangled in fishing nets and drown
  动物被缠进渔网里淹死了。
• The animals are very sensitive to disturbance and have never bred in captivity.
  这些动物对外界的干扰很敏感，且从未被圈养过。
• Hostility towards outsiders is characteristic of both human and non-human animals.
  对外来者怀有敌意是人类和其他动物共有的特征。
• Primitive humans needed to be able to react like this to escape from dangerous animals
  原始人必须要能作出这样的反应以逃避危险的动物。
• Different animals in the colony had different manifestations of the disease
  在这一群体里，这种疾病在不同的动物身上有着不同的表现。
• The effect was to disrupt the food chain, starving many animals and those that preyed on them
  其结果就是破坏食物链，使很多动物和那些以捕食它们为生的动物饿死。
• There are all sorts of animals, including bears, pigs, kangaroos, and penguins
  有各种各样的动物，包括熊、猪、袋鼠和企鹅。