英语词汇“animal”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词	animal
例句	animalanimal /ˈænəməl/ noun 1 a living thing► animal something that lives, breathes, and moves, for example a cat: You can see lots of different animals at the zoo. ➔ Animal is usually used to mean only animals such as dogs, cows, or gorillas, and not birds, insects, fish, or people. In science, however, people are thought of as animals. ► creature an animal, bird, fish, or insect. You use creature when you are talking about all the different kinds of living things as a group, or when you are saying what quality a particular animal has: Bears are dangerous wild creatures. The reef is home to a wide variety of sea creatures. ► beast (formal) an animal, especially one that is large, dangerous, or strange: Tigers, leopards, and other dangerous beasts live in the jungle. ► pet an animal that you keep in your home: “Do you have any pets?” “Yes, a dog and a cat.” ► livestock animals that are kept on a farm: They keep chickens but don’t have any other livestock. GRAMMAR CHECK: animalLivestock is a plural noun. Don’t say: a livestock.2 types of animals► mammal an animal that drinks its mother’s milk when it is young, for example a cow, lion, or person. A mammal gives birth to baby animals, not eggs: Humans live longer than any other type of mammal. ► reptile an animal such as a snake or lizard whose body is covered in scales. Reptiles are cold-blooded (=have a body temperature that changes depending on the surrounding temperature), and most reptiles lay eggs containing their babies: Many types of reptiles live in the desert. ► amphibian an animal, such as a frog, that starts its life living in water and later lives on land: Most amphibians lay their eggs in water. ➔ see group1 (3) for words meaning “a group of animals” ➔ see cat, cow, dog, horse, pig, sheep
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