beast 音标拼音: [b'ist]
n . 野兽,牲畜,兽性;凶残的人,举止粗鲁的人
野兽,牲畜,兽性;凶残的人,举止粗鲁的人
beast n 1 :
a living organism characterized by voluntary movement [
synonym :
{
animal }, {
animate being }, {
beast }, {
brute }, {
creature },
{
fauna }]
2 :
a cruelly rapacious person [
synonym : {
beast }, {
wolf }, {
savage },
{
brute }, {
wildcat }]
Beast \
Beast \ (
b [=
e ]
st ),
n . [
OE .
best ,
beste ,
OF .
beste ,
F .
b [^
e ]
te ,
fr .
L .
bestia .]
1 .
Any living creature ;
an animal ; --
including man ,
insects ,
etc . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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2 .
Any four -
footed animal ,
that may be used for labor ,
food ,
or sport ;
as ,
a beast of burden .
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A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast .
--
Prov .
xii .
10 .
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3 .
any animal other than a human ; --
opposed to {
man }.
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'
Tain '
t a fit night out for man nor beast .
--
W .
C .
Fields .
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4 .
Fig .:
A coarse ,
brutal ,
filthy ,
or degraded fellow .
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5 .
A game at cards similar to loo . [
Obs .] --
Wright .
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6 .
A penalty at beast ,
omber ,
etc .
Hence :
To be beasted ,
to be beaten at beast ,
omber ,
etc .
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{
Beast royal },
the lion . [
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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Syn : {
Beast }, {
Brute }.
Usage :
When we use these words in a figurative sense ,
as applicable to human beings ,
we think of beasts as mere animals governed by animal appetite ;
and of brutes as being destitute of reason or moral feeling ,
and governed by unrestrained passion .
Hence we speak of beastly appetites ;
beastly indulgences ,
etc .;
and of brutal manners ;
brutal inhumanity ;
brutal ferocity .
So ,
also ,
we say of a drunkard ,
that he first made himself a beast ,
and then treated his family like a brute .
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90 Moby Thesaurus words for "
beast ":
Mafioso ,
Young Turk ,
animal ,
anthropophagite ,
barbarian ,
being ,
beldam ,
berserk ,
berserker ,
bomber ,
brute ,
cannibal ,
creature ,
creeping thing ,
critter ,
cur ,
demon ,
destroyer ,
devil ,
dog ,
dragon ,
dumb animal ,
dumb friend ,
fiend ,
fire -
eater ,
firebrand ,
fury ,
goon ,
gorilla ,
gunsel ,
hardnose ,
hell -
raiser ,
hellcat ,
hellhound ,
hellion ,
holy terror ,
hood ,
hoodlum ,
hothead ,
hotspur ,
hound ,
hyena ,
incendiary ,
insect ,
killer ,
living being ,
living thing ,
mad dog ,
madcap ,
man -
eater ,
mongrel ,
monster ,
mugger ,
nihilist ,
pig ,
polecat ,
quadruped ,
rapist ,
reptile ,
revolutionary ,
savage ,
serpent ,
shark ,
she -
wolf ,
skunk ,
snake ,
spitfire ,
swine ,
termagant ,
terror ,
terrorist ,
tiger ,
tigress ,
tough ,
tough guy ,
ugly customer ,
vandal ,
varmint ,
vermin ,
violent ,
viper ,
virago ,
vixen ,
whelp ,
wild beast ,
wild man ,
witch ,
wolf ,
worm ,
wrecker Beast This word is used of flocks or herds of grazing animals (
Ex .
22 :
5 ;
Num .
20 :
4 ,
8 ,
11 ;
Ps .
78 :
48 );
of beasts of burden (
Gen .
45 :
17 );
of eatable beasts (
Prov .
9 :
2 );
and of swift beasts or dromedaries (
Isa .
60 :
6 ).
In the New Testament it is used of a domestic animal as property (
Rev .
18 :
13 );
as used for food (
1 Cor .
15 :
39 ),
for service (
Luke 10 :
34 ;
Acts 23 :
24 ),
and for sacrifice (
Acts 7 :
42 ).
When used in contradistinction to man (
Ps .
36 :
6 ),
it denotes a brute creature generally ,
and when in contradistinction to creeping things (
Lev .
11 :
2 -
7 ;
27 :
26 ),
a four -
footed animal .
The Mosaic law required that beasts of labour should have rest on the Sabbath (
Ex .
20 :
10 ;
23 :
12 ),
and in the Sabbatical year all cattle were allowed to roam about freely ,
and eat whatever grew in the fields (
Ex .
23 :
11 ;
Lev .
25 :
7 ).
No animal could be castrated (
Lev .
22 :
24 ).
Animals of different kinds were to be always kept separate (
Lev .
19 :
19 ;
Deut .
22 :
10 ).
Oxen when used in threshing were not to be prevented from eating what was within their reach (
Deut .
25 :
4 ;
1 Cor .
9 :
9 ).
This word is used figuratively of an infuriated multitude (
1 Cor .
15 :
32 ;
Acts 19 :
29 ;
comp .
Ps .
22 :
12 ,
16 ;
Eccl .
3 :
18 ;
Isa .
11 :
6 -
8 ),
and of wicked men (
2 Pet .
2 :
12 ).
The four beasts of Daniel 7 :
3 ,
17 ,
23 represent four kingdoms or kings .
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