喜樂美語

核心畫面

A living creature that moves on its own and feels things — hunger, fear, pain — like a dog, a horse, a wolf. , breathing, driven by its body. You can hold this as the picture under every other meaning: a being that lives by instinct rather than by reason.

可以想成一隻會自己走動、會餓會怕會痛的活物——狗、馬、狼這一類。牠靠身體的本能活著，不是靠講道理。這個「憑本能而活的…更多收起可以想成一隻會自己走動、會餓會怕會痛的活物——狗、馬、狼這一類。牠靠身體的本能活著，不是靠講道理。這個「憑本能而活的生命」的畫面，藏在這個字其他所有用法底下。

From the picture

像野獸般的人

動物靠本能行動、不受理性約束；把這層意思套到人身上，就用來罵那些行為粗暴、失控的人——彷彿他身上的「獸性」蓋過了人該有的克制。

cruel or wild person · noun · A1

A person who acts in a cruel, wild, or very rude way, used to show you are angry or upset with them.

野蠻的人

某一型的人

換個角度看「動物靠天性而活」這件事：不再是貶義，而是指一個人天生就屬於某種類型。animal 在這裡退成一個「生來如此的生物」的框，前面加什麼字，就說他天生是哪一種。

type of person (political animal) · noun · A1

Used after a word like 'social' or 'political' to describe someone who is naturally interested in or good at that thing.

…型的人

動物的（形容詞）

形容詞用法直接從核心畫面長出來：既然 animal 是憑本能而活的生命，當形容詞就指「跟這種生命有關的」——可能指牠們共有的本能感受，也可能指從牠們身上取得的東西。

animal instinct · adjective · A1

Relating to the basic feelings and needs that all living creatures have, such as hunger or fear.

動物的；本能的

Also in this word

an animal (creature) · noun · A1

A living thing such as a dog or cat that can move and feel, but is not an insect, bird, fish, plant, or person.

動物

living thing (very broad) · noun · A1

Any living thing that is not a plant or a person, including insects, fish, and birds.

動物（廣義）

living thing (incl. humans) · noun · A1

Any living thing that can move and feel, with people seen as one kind of it.

動物（含人類）

原始詞典資料16 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Animalname

  • 1

    A nickname given to people, especially wild people.

Animalnoun

  • 1

    slangA fan of Kesha, an American singer.

    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Animal.

animalnoun詞源 1/ˈænɪməl/

  • 1

    A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms.

    • Near-synonym: critter
    • Humans, like other animals, need air to breathe and food to eat.
  • 2

    Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.

  • 3

    A higher animal; an animal related to humans.

    • When he's hungry my toddler opens his mouth like an animal instead of asking us to feed him.
  • 4

    A higher animal; an animal related to humans.

    • Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.
  • 5

    A higher animal; an animal related to humans.

  • 6

    A higher animal; an animal related to humans.

    • I spent my summer studying the animals and birds of the two islands.
    • Birds are as popular as animals in the toy kingdom, especially pigeons, owls and domestic hens.
  • 7

    derogatoryA person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.

    • My students are animals.
    • Own me, I'll let you play the role I'll be your animal
  • 8

    derogatoryA person who overeats or eats rapidly and noisily.

另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    informalA person of a particular type specified by an adjective.

    • He's a political animal.
  • 10

    informalMatter, thing.

    • a whole different animal
    • no such animal

animaladj詞源 2/ˈænɪməl/

  • 1

    Of or relating to animals.

    • animal instincts
    • The season has been most unfavourable to animal life; and I, who am merely animal, have suffered much by it.
  • 2

    Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.

    • animal passions
    • But the line also distills pop culture’s big commandment about sex to its animal essence: If you’re not screwing somebody, you’re nobody.
  • 3

    Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.

    • To explain what activated the flesh, ‘animal spirits’ were posited, superfine fluids which shuttled between the mind and the vitals, conveying messages and motion.
  • 4

    slangExcellent.

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。