English Dictionary

animal

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈænɪməl/

名詞

広義 口語 比喩的用法 くだけた表現

(sciences) A eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

日本語の意味

動物：真核生物であり、動物界に属する多細胞生物。通常は自ら移動が可能で、細胞が硬い細胞壁に覆われておらず、他の生物を摂取してエネルギーを得る存在。

During the field survey, the ecologist noted each animal and recorded its behavior.

野外調査中、生態学者は動物界に属する各真核生物を記録し、その行動を観察した。

意味（1）

(sciences) A eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).

A cat is an animal, not a plant. Humans are also animals, under the scientific definition, as we are not plants.

意味（2）

(loosely) Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.

意味（3）

(loosely, colloquial) Any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.).

Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effort coaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame. With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.

意味（4）

(figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.

My students are animals.

意味（5）

(informal) A person of a particular type.

He's a political animal.

意味（6）

Matter, thing.

a whole different animal

animals （ plural ）