animal, beast, creature, brute, cattle

名詞 brute:

1. a cruelly rapacious person
   同義詞：beast, wolf, savage, wildcat
2. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
   同義詞：animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna

形容詞 brute:

1. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility
   同義詞：beastly, bestial, brutish

1. His father was a drunken brute.
   他的父親是個酗酒成性、冷酷無情的人。
2. That dog looks a real brute.
   那條狗真像一只野獸。
3. You've forgotten my birthday again, you brute!
   你真沒良心，又把我的生日忘了！
4. That dog is a dangerous brute; it bites people.
   那條狗是危險的畜牲，它咬人。

brute

n.（名詞）
An animal; a beast.
畜生；野獸
A brutal, crude, or insensitive person.
殘忍的人，粗暴的人，麻木不仁的人
adj.（形容詞）
Of or relating to beasts; animal:
野獸的，野蠻的：獸性的或與其相關(guān)的；野獸的：
例句：
.None of the brute creation requires more than food and shelter.(Henry David Thoreau)
.所有野蠻的動物需要的只是食物和棲息所而已.(亨利·戴維·梭羅)

Characteristic of a brute, especially:
象野獸一樣的，尤指：
Entirely physical:
完全是肉體上的：
例句：
brute force.
蠻力

Lacking or showing a lack of reason or intelligence:
沒有理性的，沒有智慧的：
例句：
a brute impulse.
獸性的沖動

Savage; cruel:
野蠻的；殘忍的：
例句：
brute coercion.
殘酷的威逼

Unremittingly severe:
嚴酷的：
例句：
was driven to steal food through brute necessity.
由于極其困窘被迫去偷食

Coarse; brutish.
粗野的；愚蠢的

來源：
From Middle English [nonhuman]
源自 中古英語 [非人類]
from Old French brut
源自 古法語 brut
from Latin brôtus [stupid] * see g wer…-
源自 拉丁語 brôtus [愚笨的] *參見 g wer…-

【引伸】
brut.ism
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>brute,animal,brutish,brutal,beastly,bestialThese adjectives apply to what is more characteristic of lower animals than of human beings.
這些形容詞都表示具有較低等動物而不是人的特征的。
Brute, the least derogatory,stresses a lack of the understanding or sensibility regarded as distinguishing people from animals:
Brute 最具褒義，強調(diào)缺乏理解力和敏感性，而這兩點使人與動物區(qū)分開來：
例句：
brute force.
蠻力。

Animal emphasizes physical nature as opposed to intellect or spirit:
Animal 強調(diào)與智力、精神相對的生理性質(zhì)；
例句：
animal vitality.
動物的活力。

Brutish stresses marked lack of human refinement and sensitivity:
Brutish 強調(diào)明顯缺乏教養(yǎng)和敏感；
例句：
He had the look of a dull and brutish man.
他看起來是個遲鈍粗野的人。

Brutal emphasizes unfeeling cruelty:
Brutal 強調(diào)無情，殘忍：
例句：
.the brutal amusements of the bullbaiting or the cockpit. (William Howitt).Bothbeastly and bestial imply degeneracy or moral degradation:
.縱狗咬?；蚨冯u的殘酷娛樂. （威廉·豪威特）。beastly 和 beastial 含有墮落，道德腐化的意思：

例句：
indulging beastly desires;
放縱的獸欲；

例句：
bestial and sordid drunkenness.
骯臟污穢的醉酒。

Beastly, however, is often used to characterize what is merely very disagreeable:
Beastly 常用來指僅僅給人造成不愉快的東西：
例句：
What a beastly storm!
多么可惡的暴風雨！