英単語

beastの意味・使い方・発音

beast

英 [biːst] 美 [bist]
  • 獣; 野獣; 人間の顔をした男。

語源


ラテン語のbestia「獣」から、bestial「野生の」と。

英語の語源


beast
beast: [13] Beast replaced deer as the general word for ‘animal’ in the 13th century (deer of course remained in use for antlered animals of the family Cervidae), and was itself replaced by animal in the 17th century. It entered English via Old French beste from Latin bēstia (source of English bestial [14]).
=> bestial
beast (n.)
c. 1200, from Old French beste "animal, wild beast," figuratively "fool, idiot" (11c., Modern French bête), from Vulgar Latin *besta, from Latin bestia "beast, wild animal," which is of unknown origin. Used to translate Latin animal. Replaced Old English deor (see deer) as the generic word for "wild creature," only to be ousted 16c. by animal. Of persons felt to be animal-like in various senses from early 13c. Of the figure in the Christian apocalypse story from late 14c.

例文


1. Disney 's "Beauty And The Beast "has won rave reviews.
ディズニーの映画『美女と野獣』は多くの好評を博した。

2.Bully!Hooligan! Beast !Let me go,let go!
バカヤロー!チンピラ!ばか野郎!放して、放して!

3.This man is an animal,a beast .
この人は畜生で野獣です。

4.The unicorn is an imaginary beast .
ユニコーンは幻想的な動物である.

5.When he 's drunk,he 's a beast .
酔っ払うと野蛮だ。

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