2N-COUNT [usually with supplement]兽性的人;畜生;禽兽 If you refer to a man as a beast, you mean that his behaviour, especially his sexual behaviour, is very violent and uncontrolled. 兽性的人;畜生;禽兽 [journalism, disapproval]
...a sex beast who subjected two sisters to a terrifying ordeal.
使两姐妹遭受恐怖摧残的色魔
3N-COUNT; N-VOC 讨厌鬼;王八蛋 If you call someone a beast, you think that they are behaving in a selfish, unkind, or unpleasant way. 讨厌鬼;王八蛋 [informal, old-fashioned, disapproval]
Bully! Hooligan! Beast! Let me go, let go!
混蛋!流氓!王八蛋!放开我,放开!
4N-COUNT [usually adjective NOUN](含诙谐意)有特定性质的事物,性格特别的人 You can use beast to refer to something or someone in a light-hearted way, and to mention that they have a particular quality. (含诙谐意)有特定性质的事物,性格特别的人
...that rare beast, a sports movie that isn't boring.
这场体育电影还挺有意思,真难得
Quotations
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?W.B. YeatsThe Second Coming
animal動物ADJECTIVE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤ferocious, ravenous, savage, snarling, wild兇猛的/貪婪的/兇殘的/咆哮的/野生的野獸◇Savage beasts once roamed these forests.曾有猛獸在這些森林裏出沒。➤fearsome, foul (literary) , hideous, monstrous可怕的/骯髒的/醜陋的/怪物似的野獸◇The princess came face-to-face with a hideous beast.公主面前出現一頭可怕的怪獸。➤exotic, fantastic, legendary, mythical, rare, strange異獸;傳說中的野獸;神話中的野獸;稀有的野獸;怪獸◇paintings of mythical beasts描繪神話中野獸的畫➤prehistoric史前野獸◇the fossilized skeletons of prehistoric beasts史前獸的骨骼化石➤great, huge, magnificent, mighty體格龐大的野獸;強壯的野獸➤winged有翼的野獸◇Legend had it he flew through the air on a winged beast.傳說他騎着一頭有翼的野獸飛過天空。PHRASES➤a beast of burden, a beast of prey役畜;食肉獸