词汇搭配
用作名词 (n.)
形容词+～- kindly〔lovely, poor〕creature和蔼〔可爱,可怜〕的人
- lower creature低级动物
～+介词- creatures from outer space外星人
- creature of chance机遇的产物
- creature of the age时代的产物
词组短语
living creature生物；生命单位
fellow creature同类动物；人类
creature comfort n. 物质享受（尤指食物）
同近义词辨析
beast, brute, creature, cattle, animal
这组词都有“动物”的意思，其区别是：
beast指有别于爬行动物、昆虫等的较大的四脚兽类或牛、马等牲畜。
creature通常指生物或动物，与非生动相对。指人时，则含怜悯或轻蔑的意味。
animal普通用词，指区别于植物和矿物而言的动物的总称。
life, creature, maintenance, survival, existence
maintenance保持，保养，维修，一般不指人；
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
- This creature lives in the depth of the ocean.
这种生物生活在海洋深处。 - We can't see microscopic creature with naked eyes.
我们不能用肉眼看到微生物。 - Pandas are precious creatures.
熊猫是珍贵的动物。 - The old lady is such a dear creature.
这位老太太是位非常可爱的人。 - He is a creature of habit.
他是个墨守成规的人。 - The poor creature has had a hard life.
这可怜的人一直过着艰苦的生活。
权威例句
Money as a Creature of the StateCreature Smarts: The Art and Architecture of a Virtual BrainChallenges for complete creature architecturesA Colony Architecture for an Artificial CreatureSimulation device for fostering a virtual creatureLOCOMOTION GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DIGITAL CREATUREA Bottom-Up Mechanism for Behavior Selection in an Artificial CreatureCarrot-Eaters and Creature-Believers: The Effects of Lexicalization on Children's Inferences about Social CategoriesMinimalist Mobile Robotics: A Colony-style Architecture for an Artificial CreaturePterosaur from the latest cretaceous of west Texas: discovery of the largest flying creature.
