n(1)动物(living thing that has senses and can move freely)[C]：A～s can't exist without oxygen.动物离开氧气不能生存。Human beings are social～s.人类是群居的动物。Man is one of the～s.人是(一种)动物。man and other～s 人类和其他动物;higher～s 高等动物;the～kingdom 动物王国;～magnetism 对异性的吸引力;催眠术;〖同〗creature;

(2)禽兽，牲畜(any such living thing except a human being)[C]：domestic～s 家畜;wild～s 野生动物;～husbandry 畜牧业;Men are considered different from～s.通常认为人与动物不同。a book on man's attitude to～s 一本关于人类对动物态度的书;

(3)四足兽(four-footed creature as distinct from a bird，a fish or an insect)[C]：The zoo has collections of～s，birds and reptiles.动物园里有各种兽、鸟和爬行动物。〖同〗beast;

(4)残暴(无理性)的人(person considered as lacking a mind and behaving like a wild nonhuman creature)[C]：What an～that man is! 那人纯粹是个畜生! Her husband was an～.她丈夫是个畜生。〖同〗beast;

adj(1)动物的(of，concerning or made from animals)[无comp][作attrib]：～life 动物的生活;～fats 动物油脂;

(2)肉体上的(relating to the body，not the mind or the soul)[无comp] [作attrib](derog)：～needs 肉体的需要;～desires 兽(性)欲;～instinct/vitality 肌体的本能/生机活力;men's crude，～tastes 人类天生的肌体偏好;

【辨异】animal与beast都指有知觉的生物。animal是所有动物的总称;beast指四足兽(爬行动物除外);还有brute，着重指无理智能力的。这三个字都可用于转义指人，animal仅指肉体或动物般的特征;beast指最基本的肉体上的属性，如：A glutton is a～.(胡吃海塞者无异于畜生。) brute指凶残野蛮，如：a drunken～(失去理性的畜生)。