English Dictionary

creature

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈkɹiːt͡ʃə/

名詞

軽蔑的 時々 稀用

A living being; an animal. / An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being. / (sometimes derogatory) A human.

日本語の意味

生き物、生命体。一般的に動物を指す場合が多い。 / 未確認で神秘的、しばしば怪物的な動物または存在を指す意味。 / 時に軽蔑的に用いられる、人間を指す場合がある。

The pale creature emerged from the mist and blinked with curious eyes.

青白い生き物が霧の中から現れて、好奇心に満ちた目で瞬いた。

意味（1）

A living being; an animal.

insects and other creatures

意味（2）

An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.

When it comes to this creature you have to unlearn everything you've ever learned about physiology. For example, when its appendages emerge to feed, they do so using incredible bursts of growth, quite unlike anything ever seen before […]

意味（3）

(sometimes derogatory) A human.

He's a creature of habit.

意味（4）

(now uncommon, religion) A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.

Thoughts, my mindes creatures, often are with thee, / But I, their maker, want their libertie.

意味（5）

A being subservient to or dependent upon another.

You know what I advise, said Mrs. Smith. Ask Miss Dunstable to advance the money on the same security which the duke holds. She will be as safe then as he is now. And if you can arrange that, stand for the county against him; perhaps you may be beaten. I shouldn't have a chance. But it would show that you are not a creature in the duke's hands. That's my advice, said Mrs. Smith, with much spirit; […]

creatures （ plural ）