核心畫面

Picture an animal that is big, strong, and not tamed — something you would not want to meet on a path at night. English keeps that picture and lends it out: to a person behaving , to a machine that is a handful, to the wild part of a person that usually stays locked away. Wherever beast goes, it takes 'powerful and not under control' with it.

可以想成:一隻又大又壯、沒被馴服的動物——晚上在路上遇到會讓人退一步的那種。英文把這個畫面借出去用:借給行為殘忍的人更多收起可以想成:一隻又大又壯、沒被馴服的動物——晚上在路上遇到會讓人退一步的那種。英文把這個畫面借出去用:借給行為殘忍的人,借給一台不好對付的機器,也借給一個人平常鎖起來、偶爾冒出來的野性。不管借到哪裡,它都把「力量大、而且不受控制」這個味道一起帶過去。它比 animal 更有畫面感,也更帶感情。

From the picture

難搞的東西

借的是「大而且不聽話」這一半:某個東西體積大、脾氣硬、很難駕馭,講的人往往帶著又愛又恨的口氣。

difficult thing to handle · noun · B2

A thing of a particular kind, especially one that is hard to handle — often said in a joking way.

難搞的東西 / 傢伙

人心裡的野性

把野獸放回人的內心:那隻獸不在森林裡,而在一個人平常關得好好的地方,情緒一上來就跑出來。

hidden wild side · noun · C1

The wild, uncontrolled side of a person — the strong feelings, such as anger, that they usually keep hidden.

內心的野性

Also in this word

wild animal · noun · B2

An animal, especially a large or wild one. (used in writing or stories)

野獸 / 巨獸

cruel person · noun · B2

A cruel or unkind person. (old-fashioned)

壞蛋 / 討厭鬼

原始詞典資料18 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。

Beastname

  • 1

    biblicallifestylereligionA figure in the Book of Revelation (Apocalypse), often identified with Satan or the Antichrist.

    • The Number of the Beast Is 666 (13:16-18) John's vision concludes with the notorious reference to the "mark of the beast" and the number 666.
  • 2

    A wild, or seemingly-wild, animal that roams free in a country where it is usually only found in zoos.

    • the Beast of Bodmin Moor
  • 3

    slanggovernmentmilitarypoliticsA cadet's basic training at West Point.

    • Plebes spend their first summer at Cadet Basic Training — Beast Barracks — where they get soldierized.
    • I was able to keep up with the herd and evade the Beast. Cadet Basic Training ended with a rigorous twenty four-hour exercise that included a twelve-mile, rite-of-passage road march to West Point […]

beastnoun/biːst/

  • 1

    Any four-footed land mammal.

    • Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat.
  • 2

    All non-human animals seen as a group.

    • Language is what separates man and beast.
  • 3

    A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.

  • 4

    A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.

    • […] it always had the making of a fine beast about it, but up to the time I had it up here in a stall by itself it did not get the chance to make any headway [ie, fatten], all its mates were down on it and it never seemed to fill itself. […] A big framed beast takes a lot of food — expensive food at that [—] to keep it doing […]
    • Boxer was an enormous beast, nearly eighteen hands high, and as strong as any two ordinary horses put together.
  • 5

    A monstrously unusual and dangerous animal.

  • 6

    slangAnything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength.

    • That is a beast of a stadium.
    • The subwoofer that comes with this set of speakers is a beast.
  • 7

    slangSomeone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.

  • 8

    derogatoryslangA sex offender.

    • Shouts had been heard: 'We're coming to kill you, beasts.' In desperation, Rule 43s had tried to barricade their doors[…]
    • For many prisoners and in many prisons, antipathy towards 'nonces' or 'beasts' is little more than an idea[…]
另外 2 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    Something unpleasant and difficult.

    • […] Even unopposed, the natural obstacles are formidable, and defending his line of advance will be a beast of a problem."
    • He'd be in the hospital a few days — broken collarbone, a cast on his arm, a beast of a headache — but fine.
  • 10

    A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one.

    • Now, the nucleus of a heavy element is a very peculiar beast.
    • 'Lucy Leave', also known as 'Lucy Lea in Blue Tights', is a stranger beast altogether. Musically it is as derivative as everything else the band was playing at this time

beastverb/biːst/

  • 1

    governmentmilitarypoliticsTo impose arduous exercise upon, either as training or as punishment.

    • Recalling his training experiences in the Army and now the Prison Service, this young male officer remarked: In the Army, to get beasted was to be given a lot of psychological pressure […]
  • 2

    slangTo bully or harass.

    • The old school of prisoner who have seen it all when, now I don't mean this nastily, when they were beasted, and they did what they were told, there were no ifs or buts, nowadays there are questions, there are grey areas and we're more sympathetic […]
  • 3

    slangTo engage in sexual intercourse with, particularly in an illicit context.

    • That teacher is under investigation for beasting wee 'uns.

beastadj/biːst/

  • 1

    slanggreat; excellent; powerful

    • There is another type from Siemens which is the HYB 39S64XXX(AT/ATL) -8B version (notice the "B" and the end) which is totally beast altogether.
    • Translation: a piece of crap, but the rest of the car was totally beast.

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