creature
n. /ˈkriːtʃər/ A2
生物;动物
Any living animal or person that can move by itself.
仙境例句
A Duck, a Dodo and other wet creatures climbed out of the pool behind Alice.
一只鸭子、一只渡渡鸟,还有别的湿漉漉的动物,跟在爱丽丝后面爬出了水塘。
原著这一句
It was high time to go, for the pool was getting quite crowded with the birds and animals that had fallen into it: there were a Duck and a Dodo, a Lory and an Eaglet, and several other curious creatures.
真到了该离开的时候,因为掉进池塘里的鸟兽越来越多,水里变得相当拥挤:里面有一只鸭子和一只渡渡鸟,一只吸蜜鹦鹉和一只小鹰,还有其他几只奇特的生物。
卡罗尔原著 · 第 2 章
巴菲特芒格原话
The second largest was a creature that was formed out of Lloyd’s of London some years ago.第二大的那家,是几年前从伦敦劳合社分出来的一个“怪胎”。
Warren Buffett · 2017