【creature音标】 英[ˈkri:tʃə(r)] 美[ˈkritʃər]
【单词释义】 creature是什么意思：
n.生物，动物；人；创造物；（他人的）工具/傀儡
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[单词复数] creatures
【关联词/派生词】
creative adj.创造性的，有创造力的 n.创意，创作素材
create v.创造，创建
creation n.创造，创建；作品，创作
creatively adv. 创造性地；有创造力地
【creature形近词/近似词】
signature n.签名；署名
literature n.[C]文学；文学作品；[U]文献；著作
ligature n.绷带；绳索；扎线；连体字母 v. 结扎；捆
miniature adj.微型的，微小的 n.微型画，小画像；微型复制品；微微模型 v.使成小型；把…画成纤细画；缩写
premature adj.过早的，提早的；早产的；草率的，仓促的
feature n.特征；容貌，面貌
nature n.[U]自然；[C,U]天性；本性
mature adj.成熟的；成年人的 v.成熟，长成
caricature n.漫画，讽刺画；漫画手法；漫画艺术；夸张讽刺的描绘 vt.把…画成漫画；使滑稽化；用漫画手法描绘
temperature n.温度；体温；气温
【单词例句】
◇ When any one takes one of these and holds it to his eye, and looks at a drop of water from the pond yonder, he sees above a thousand wonderful creatures that are otherwise never discerned in the water.
你只要把这镜子放在眼睛面前，瞧瞧一滴从池子里取出来的水，你就可以看见一千多种奇怪的生物 ── 在别的情况下你是没有办法在水里看见的。
---- The Drop of Water
◇ We experienced many deeds of the early settlers, such as swinging across rivers, hunting creatures in the jungle, or taking part in swords fighting tournaments.
我们体验了许多早期定居者所做的事，如荡过河啦，在丛林中猎杀动物啦，或者参加剑术比赛啦等等。
---- A Unique Theme Park
◇ It is true she had on a pair of slippers when she left home, but they were not of much use. They were very large, so large, indeed, that they had belonged to her mother, and the poor little creature had lost them in running across the street to avoid two carriages that were rolling along at a terrible rate.
当她离家出门的时候，脚上的确穿着一双拖鞋的，但是那是一双相当大的拖鞋 —— 的确太大了，那是她妈妈以前穿的。这可怜的小家伙在匆忙横穿马路的时候，两辆马车飞快地闯过来，吓得她把拖鞋跑丢了。
◇ He did not know what the birds were or where’d they flew. But all the same, he was more drawn towards them than he had ever been by any creatures before.
他不知道那些鸟儿的名字，也不知道他们要飞去什么地方。不过他爱他们，好像他从来还没有爱过什么东西似的。
---- The Ugly Duckling