1 N-COUNT 兽;野兽 You can refer to an animal as a beast, especially if it is a large, dangerous, or unusual one. 兽;野兽 [literary]
SYN animal, creature, brute
2 N-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]
3 N-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]
4 N-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
Quotations
And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born? W.B. Yeats The Second Coming
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