beast
/biːst/noun
1- an animal, especially a large or dangerous four-footed one兽, （体大或凶悍的）四足兽：
a wild beast.
野兽。
1.1
- （一般作beasts）a domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal家畜, 耕牛。
1.2
- an inhumanly cruel, violent, or depraved person兽性的人, 畜生, 凶暴残忍的人; 道德败坏的人, 恶棍：
he is a filthy drunken beast.
他是个可鄙的酒鬼。
1.3
- informal an objectionable or unpleasant person or thing〈非正式〉讨厌鬼, 讨厌的东西：
a scheming, manipulative little beast.
阴险狡诈、惯耍手段的小人。
1.4
the beast
a person's brutish or untamed characteristics（人的）野性, 兽性：the beast in you is rearing its ugly head.
你身上的兽性露出了狰狞的嘴脸。
1.5
- with adj. informal a thing possessing a specified quality〈非正式〉（具有某种特性的）东西, 货色：
that much-maligned beast, the rave record.
那张备受诋毁的电声舞曲唱片。
词源
Middle English: from Old French beste, based on Latin bestia.