BEAST: значение слова

(bird) of prey
хищный зверь (хищная птица)

board
грудная доска

ejector
устройство для выбрасывания животных (из бокса после оглушения)

epic
стихотворная сказка, басня о животных, олицетворяющих людей

of a job
неприятная, трудная задача

of burden
вьючное животное

вьючный животное

of draught
рабочий, тягловый скот Syn : beast of burden

of prey
хищник; вор, грабитель, похититель Syn : predator, harpy, raptor

хищный зверь

noun
Etymology: Middle English beste, from Anglo-French, from Latin bestia
Date: 13th century


1. a four-footed mammal as distinguished from a human being, a lower vertebrate, and an invertebrate, a lower animal as distinguished from a human being, an animal as distinguished from a plant, an animal under human control, a contemptible person, something formidably difficult to control or deal with

beast epic
noun
Date: 1873
a poem with epic conventions in which animals speak and act like human beings

beast fable
noun
Date: 1865
a usually didactic prose or verse fable in which animals speak and act like human beings

beast of burden
Date: 1740 an animal employed to carry heavy loads or to perform other heavy work (as pulling a plow)