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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. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Any four- footed animal, that may be used for labor, food, or sport; as, a beast of burden. [ 1913 Webster] A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast. -- Prov. xii. 10. [ 1913 Webster] 3. any animal other than a human; -- opposed to { man}. [ 1913 Webster] ' Tain' t a fit night out for man nor beast. -- W. C. Fields. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Fig.: A coarse, brutal, filthy, or degraded fellow. [ 1913 Webster] 5. A game at cards similar to loo. [ Obs.] -- Wright. [ 1913 Webster] 6. A penalty at beast, omber, etc. Hence: To be beasted, to be beaten at beast, omber, etc. [ 1913 Webster] { Beast royal}, the lion. [ Obs.] -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 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, wreckerBeast 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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