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creature
['kri:tʃə]
n. , 动, 创造,
  1. He is a creature of habit.
  2. Pandas are precious creatures.
    熊猫
  3. We can't see microscopic creature with naked eyes.




creature
[ noun ]
  1. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

  2. <noun.tops>
  3. a human being; `wight' is an archaic term

  4. <noun.person>
  5. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

  6. <noun.person>




Creature \Crea"ture\ (kr[=e]"t[=u]r; 135), n. [F. cr['e]ature,
L. creatura. See {Create}.]
1. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially,
any being created with life; an animal; a man.

He asked water, a creature so common and needful
that it was against the law of nature to deny him.
--Fuller.

God's first creature was light. --Bacon.

On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol
Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
--Milton.

And most attractive is the fair result
Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.
--Cowper.

2. A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a
poor creature; a pretty creature.

The world hath not a sweeter creature. --Shak.

3. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a
servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.

A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. --Shak.

Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud.
--Macaulay.

4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.

{Creature comforts}, those objects, as food, drink, and
shelter, which minister to the comfort of the body.
[1913 Webster +PJC]