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adj.1 animal (instintos, funciones).el reino animal the animal kingdom2 rough (person) (basto).f. & m.animal, brute (person).m.animal.animal de carga beast of burdenanimal protegido protected species* * *► adjetivo1 animal1 animal■ ¡animal! you brute!\animal de carga beast of burdenanimal doméstico petreino animal animal kingdom* * *noun m.* * *1. ADJ1) (=de los animales) animal2) * (=estúpido) stupidel muy animal no sabe la capital de España — he's so stupid he doesn't know what the capital of Spain is
3) * (=bruto)¡deja ya de empujar, no seas tan animal! — stop pushing, you great oaf o brute
no seas animal, trátala con cariño — don't be such a brute, be kind to her
¡el muy animal se comió tres platos! — he had three helpings, the oaf o pig!
2.SM animal- ser un animal de bellota- trabajar como un animalanimal de carga — (=burro, buey) beast of burden
¡me tratas como a un animal de carga! — what did your last servant die of? *
animal de tiro — draught animal, draft animal (EEUU)
animal doméstico — [de compañía] pet; [de granja] domestic animal
3. SMF *1) (=estúpido) fool, moron *¡animal!, tres y dos son cinco — you fool o moron *, three plus two makes five
2) (=bruto) bruteel animal de Antonio se comió su plato y el mío — that pig Antonio ate all his own dinner and mine too
eres un animal, lo has roto — you're so rough you've gone and broken it
* * *I1) < instinto> animal (before n)2)a) (fam) ( estúpido) stupidb) ( grosero) rude, uncouthII1)a) (Zool) animalcomer como un animal — (fam) to eat like a horse (colloq)
* * *= animal, brute.Ex. Common names are, for example, names of animals, tools, diseases, and chemicals.Ex. It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.----* amante de los animales = animal lover.* animal acuático = water animal, aquatic animal.* animal anfibio = amphibian.* animal carnívoro = carnivorous animal.* animal carroñero = scavenger.* animal ciliado = ciliate.* animal dañino = pest.* animal de carga = pack animal.* animal de corral = farmyard animal.* animal de costumbres = creature of habit.* animal de granja = farm animal, farmyard animal.* animal de presa = prey animal.* animal disecado = stuffed animal.* animal doméstico = pet, domestic animal.* animales de caza = game.* animal herbívoro = herbivorous animal.* animal joven = kit.* animal marino = marine animal.* animal que ataca al hombre = man-eater.* animal que se alimenta filtrando plancton = filter feeder.* animal salvaje = wild animal.* animal terrestre = land animal.* animal vertebrado = vertebrate animal.* animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill].* aprovechamiento de los restos de animales = animal rendering.* centro de acogida de animales = animal shelter.* colección de animales = menagerie.* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.* comida para animales = animal feed.* cría de animales = animal husbandry.* cría intensiva de animales = factory farming.* cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.* cuidado de animales = animal care.* cuidado de animales domésticos = pet care.* cuidador de animales de parque zoológico = zookeeper.* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights campaigner.* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights activist.* derechos de los animales = animal rights.* especie animal = animal species.* experimentación con animales = animal experimentation.* experimentos con animales = animal experimentation.* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pasto = rangeland.* grasa animal = animal fat.* instinto animal = animal instinct.* llamada de animal en celo = rutting call.* movimiento en defensa de los derechos de los animales = animal rights movement.* novela de animales = animal story.* pecera para animales anfibios = amphibian tank.* piel de animal = pelt.* producto derivado de la grasa animal = fat product.* refugio de animales = wildlife centre.* refugio para animales = animal sanctuary.* reino animal, el = animal kingdom, the.* reserva de animales = wildlife preserve, game reserve.* reutilización de los restos de animales = animal rendering.* sociedad protectora de animales = RSPCA (Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals), animal protection society.* tienda de animales = pet shop.* vida animal = animal life.* * *I1) < instinto> animal (before n)2)a) (fam) ( estúpido) stupidb) ( grosero) rude, uncouthII1)a) (Zool) animalcomer como un animal — (fam) to eat like a horse (colloq)
* * *= animal, brute.Ex: Common names are, for example, names of animals, tools, diseases, and chemicals.
Ex: It is often held that brute animals cannot have legal rights.* amante de los animales = animal lover.* animal acuático = water animal, aquatic animal.* animal anfibio = amphibian.* animal carnívoro = carnivorous animal.* animal carroñero = scavenger.* animal ciliado = ciliate.* animal dañino = pest.* animal de carga = pack animal.* animal de corral = farmyard animal.* animal de costumbres = creature of habit.* animal de granja = farm animal, farmyard animal.* animal de presa = prey animal.* animal disecado = stuffed animal.* animal doméstico = pet, domestic animal.* animales de caza = game.* animal herbívoro = herbivorous animal.* animal joven = kit.* animal marino = marine animal.* animal que ataca al hombre = man-eater.* animal que se alimenta filtrando plancton = filter feeder.* animal salvaje = wild animal.* animal terrestre = land animal.* animal vertebrado = vertebrate animal.* animal víctima de la carretera = road kill [roadkill].* aprovechamiento de los restos de animales = animal rendering.* centro de acogida de animales = animal shelter.* colección de animales = menagerie.* comer como un animal = eat like + an animal.* comida para animales = animal feed.* cría de animales = animal husbandry.* cría intensiva de animales = factory farming.* cuerpo de animal muerto = carcass.* cuidado de animales = animal care.* cuidado de animales domésticos = pet care.* cuidador de animales de parque zoológico = zookeeper.* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights campaigner.* defensor de los derechos de los animales = animal rights activist.* derechos de los animales = animal rights.* especie animal = animal species.* experimentación con animales = animal experimentation.* experimentos con animales = animal experimentation.* gran extensión de tierra dedicada a la cría de animales de pasto = rangeland.* grasa animal = animal fat.* instinto animal = animal instinct.* llamada de animal en celo = rutting call.* movimiento en defensa de los derechos de los animales = animal rights movement.* novela de animales = animal story.* pecera para animales anfibios = amphibian tank.* piel de animal = pelt.* producto derivado de la grasa animal = fat product.* refugio de animales = wildlife centre.* refugio para animales = animal sanctuary.* reino animal, el = animal kingdom, the.* reserva de animales = wildlife preserve, game reserve.* reutilización de los restos de animales = animal rendering.* sociedad protectora de animales = RSPCA (Royal Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals), animal protection society.* tienda de animales = pet shop.* vida animal = animal life.* * *A ‹instinto› animal ( before n)grasas de origen animal animal fatsB1 ( fam) (estúpido) stupid¡no seas animal, vamos a chocar! don't be so stupid o reckless, we'll crash!2 (grosero) rude, uncouthA1 ( Zool) animal2(persona con cierta característica): no soy un animal político I'm not a political animales un animal de costumbres he's a creature of habitCompuestos:(de granja) domestic animal; (mascota) petwild animalB1 (persona violenta) brute, animal2 (grosero) lout* * *
animal adjetivo
1 ‹ instinto› animal ( before n)
2 (fam)
■ sustantivo masculinoa) (Zool) animal;
( mascota) pet
(— grosera) lout
animal
I sustantivo masculino
1 animal
2 fig (persona bruta, fuerte) brute
(necio) dunce
II adjetivo animal
' animal' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
abandonar
- abrir
- acariciar
- arisca
- arisco
- babear
- bellota
- bestia
- bicha
- bicho
- brazo
- buey
- bufar
- caballería
- cadáver
- callejera
- callejero
- calostro
- caricia
- cebar
- cerda
- cerdo
- cola
- congénere
- consigo
- cordera
- cordero
- cría
- cruce
- cruzar
- cruzada
- cruzado
- cualquiera
- cuarta
- cuarto
- degollar
- despiece
- deyección
- disecar
- diurna
- diurno
- domesticar
- dopar
- ejemplar
- él
- ella
- enjaular
- entrañas
- fiera
- fiero
English:
animal
- antenna
- baby
- back
- bellow
- belly
- bite
- breed
- brute
- bugger
- care for
- coat
- creep
- cub
- den
- destroy
- dig
- domestic
- domesticated
- fierce
- finish off
- flamingo
- flesh
- forerunner
- fur
- furry
- good-natured
- habit
- hardy
- hide
- host
- house-train
- instinct
- kick
- kill
- lap
- lap up
- lead
- lean
- leg
- magnetism
- master
- maul
- milk
- mistress
- neck
- neglect
- nocturnal
- nurture
- pack-animal
* * *♦ adj1. [instintos, funciones] animal;el reino animal the animal kingdom2. [persona] [basto] rough3. [persona] [ignorante] ignorant♦ nmanimal;como un animal: sudaba como un animal he was sweating like a pig;trabajamos como animales para acabar a tiempo we worked like slaves to get it finished on timeanimal de bellota [cerdo] pig; Fam [insulto] ignoramus;animal de carga beast of burden;animal de compañía pet;animal doméstico [de granja] farm animal;[de compañía] pet;animales de granja farm animals;animal de laboratorio laboratory animal;animal político political animal;animal protegido protected species;animal racional rational being;animal de tiro draught animal;animal transgénico transgenic animal♦ nmf1. [persona basta] animal, brute2. [persona ignorante] (ignorant) brute* * *I adj1 animal atr ;reino animal animal kingdom2 figstupidII m tb figanimal* * *animal adj1) : animal2) estúpido: stupid, idiotic3) : rough, brutishanimal nm: animalanimal nmf1) idiota: idiot, fool2) : brute, beastly person* * *animal adj n animal -
3 Animal Intelligence
We can... distinguish sharply between the kind of behavior which from the very beginning arises out of a consideration of the structure of a situation, and one that does not. Only in the former case do we speak of insight, and only that behavior of animals definitely appears to us intelligent which takes account from the beginning of the lay of the land, and proceeds to deal with it in a single, continuous, and definite course. Hence follows this criterion of insight: the appearance of a complete solution with reference to the whole lay- out of the field. (KoЁhler, 1927, pp. 169-170)Signs, in [Edward] Tolman's theory, occasion in the rat realization, or cognition, or judgment, or hypotheses, or abstraction, but they do not occasion action. In his concern with what goes on in the rat's mind, Tolman has neglected to predict what the rat will do. So far as the theory is concerned the rat is left buried in thought: if he gets to the food-box at the end that is his concern, not the concern of the theory. (Guthrie, 1972, p. 172)3) A New Insight Consists of a Recombination of Pre-existent Mediating PropertiesThe insightful act is an excellent example of something that is not learned, but still depends on learning. It is not learned, since it can be adequately performed on its first occurrence; it is not perfected through practice in the first place, but appears all at once in recognizable form (further practice, however, may still improve it). On the other hand, the situation must not be completely strange; the animal must have had prior experience with the component parts of the situation, or with other situations that have some similarity to it.... All our evidence thus points to the conclusion that a new insight consists of a recombination of pre existent mediating processes, not the sudden appearance of a wholly new process. (Hebb, 1958, pp. 204-205)In Morgan's own words, the principle is, "In no case may we interpret an action as the outcome of the exercise of a higher psychical faculty, if it can be interpreted as the outcome of the exercise of one which stands lower in the psychological scale." Behaviorists universally adopted this idea as their own, interpreting it as meaning that crediting consciousness to animals can't be justified if the animal's behavior can be explained in any other way, because consciousness is certainly a "higher psychical faculty." Actually, their interpretation is wrong, since Morgan was perfectly happy with the idea of animal consciousness: he even gives examples of it directly taken from dog behavior. Thus in The Limits of Animal Intelligence, he describes a dog returning from a walk "tired" and "hungry" and going down into the kitchen and "looking up wistfully" at the cook. Says Morgan about this, "I, for one, would not feel disposed to question that he has in his mind's eye a more or less definite idea of a bone."Morgan's Canon really applies to situations where the level of intelligence credited to an animal's behavior goes well beyond what is really needed for simple and sensible explanation. Thus application of Morgan's Canon would prevent us from presuming that, when a dog finds its way home after being lost for a day, it must have the ability to read a map, or that, if a dog always begins to act hungry and pace around the kitchen at 6 P.M. and is always fed at 6:30 P.M., this must indicate that it has learned how to tell time. These conclusions involve levels of intelligence that are simply not needed to explain the behaviors. (Coren, 1994, pp. 72-73)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Animal Intelligence
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'æniməl1) (a living being which can feel things and move freely: man and other animals.) animal2) (an animal other than man: a book on man's attitude to animals; (also adjective) animal behaviour.) animal•animal n animal
animal adjetivo 1 ‹ instinto› animal ( before n) 2 (fam) ■ sustantivo masculinoa) (Zool) animal;( mascota) pet (— grosera) lout
animal
I sustantivo masculino
1 animal
2 fig (persona bruta, fuerte) brute (necio) dunce
II adjetivo animal ' animal' also found in these entries: Spanish: abandonar - abrir - acariciar - arisca - arisco - babear - bellota - bestia - bicha - bicho - brazo - buey - bufar - caballería - cadáver - callejera - callejero - calostro - caricia - cebar - cerda - cerdo - cola - congénere - consigo - cordera - cordero - cría - cruce - cruzar - cruzada - cruzado - cualquiera - cuarta - cuarto - degollar - despiece - deyección - disecar - diurna - diurno - domesticar - dopar - ejemplar - él - ella - enjaular - entrañas - fiera - fiero English: animal - antenna - baby - back - bellow - belly - bite - breed - brute - bugger - care for - coat - creep - cub - den - destroy - dig - domestic - domesticated - fierce - finish off - flamingo - flesh - forerunner - fur - furry - good-natured - habit - hardy - hide - host - house-train - instinct - kick - kill - lap - lap up - lead - lean - leg - magnetism - master - maul - milk - mistress - neck - neglect - nocturnal - nurture - pack-animaltr['ænɪməl]1 animal1 animal nombre masculino\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLanimal magnetism magnetismo animalanimal rights derechos nombre masculino plural de los animalesanimal ['ænəməl] n1) : animal m2) brute: bruto m, -ta fadj.• animal adj.n.• alimaña s.f.• animal s.m.
I 'ænəməl, 'ænɪməla) ( creature) animal m; (before n)animal lover — amante mf de los animales
b) ( brute) animal mf, bestia f
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['ænɪmǝl]1. N1) (=not plant) animal m2) (fig) (=thing) cosa f3) * pej (=person) animal * mf, bestia * mfyou animal! — ¡animal! *, ¡bestia! *
2.ADJ animal3.CPDanimal cracker N — (US) galletita f de animales
animal experiment N — experimento m con animales
animal fats NPL — grasas fpl de animal
animal husbandry N — cría f de animales
animal instinct N — instinto m animal
Animal Liberation Front N — (Brit) Frente m de Liberación Animal
animal liberationist N — miembro mf del Frente de Liberación de los Animales
animal lover N — amante mf de los animales
animal magnetism N — [of person] atracción f animal, magnetismo m salvaje
animal rights NPL — derechos mpl de los animales
animal rights campaigner N — activista mf por los derechos de los animales
animal rights movement N — movimiento m por los derechos de los animales
animal sanctuary N — centro m de acogida para animales
animal spirits NPL — vitalidad f
animal testing N — pruebas fpl de laboratorio con animales
animal welfare N — protección f de los animales
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I ['ænəməl, 'ænɪməl]a) ( creature) animal m; (before n)animal lover — amante mf de los animales
b) ( brute) animal mf, bestia f
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(n.) = stuffed animalEx. Hotel guests not only steal towels and toiletries, but some of them even take home unusual objects like sex toys, stuffed animals and toilet seats.* * *(n.) = stuffed animalEx: Hotel guests not only steal towels and toiletries, but some of them even take home unusual objects like sex toys, stuffed animals and toilet seats.
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домашнее животное
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1) Wild animal which has been trained to live near a house and not be frightened of human beings; 2) species which was formerly wild, now selectively bred to fill human needs. (Source: PHC)
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теплокровное животное
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warm-blooded animal
Animal which has a body temperature that stays the same and does not change with the temperature of its surroundings. (Source: CAMB)
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دَابَّة \ animal: a living thing (including birds, fish, insects, etc.) that is not a plant. beast: a farm animal (cow, horse, donkey, etc.). brute: (in a bad sense) an animal: Your dog is a fierce brute. \ See Also وحش (وَحْش) -
9 animal sauvage
дикое животное
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wild animal
Not domesticated animals living independently of man. (Source: CED)
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10 animal joven
m.young animal.* * *(n.) = kitEx. Most baby ferrets ( kits) are nippy, it's how they play, they just need to be taught to not nip hard, but they will always use their mouths for playing.* * *(n.) = kitEx: Most baby ferrets ( kits) are nippy, it's how they play, they just need to be taught to not nip hard, but they will always use their mouths for playing.
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Given the widespread use of many subtly different, acoustically distinct vocalizations in different social situations, it seems logical to ask whether nonhuman primates or any other species ever combine vocalizations into compound utterances, and, if they do, whether they do so in accordance with a particular set of rules, or grammar....Sequences of animal vocalizations can be of two types.... Phonological syntax does not require that the acoustic elements being combined ever be used in isolation or that they have any meaning when presented on their own. Further, it does not specify any relations between the meaning of elements and the meaning of calls created by their combination. By contrast, in lexical syntax the meaning of the compound call results from the sum of meanings of its constituent units.... To date, many studies of communication in animals have found evidence for phonological syntax; the existence of lexical syntax in nonhuman species is, however, much more problematical. (Cheney & Seyfarth, 1990, p. 125)Historical dictionary of quotations in cognitive science > Animal Communication
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жизнерадостность, бодрость...for some time she did like them captivated by the flare and show and animal spirits of this realm. (Th. Dreiser, ‘A Gallery of Women’, ‘Ernestine’) —...некоторое время они ей нравились, так как она была увлечена блеском, парадностью и жизнерадостностью, свойственными этой среде.
She could not remember having felt so happy... so full of just plain healthy animal spirits, since before she was married. (J. Jones, ‘From Here to Eternity’, ch. LX) — Карен не помнила, чтобы с тех пор, как вышла замуж, она чувствовала себя такой счастливой... такой удивительно бодрой.
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حَيَوَان \ animal: a living thing (including birds, fish, insects, etc.) that is not a plant. beast: a four-footed animal: A lion is a wild beast. -
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f.tallow, animal fat.* * *(n.) = animal fatEx. Animal fats and cholesterol are not villains but vital factors in the diet.* * *(n.) = animal fatEx: Animal fats and cholesterol are not villains but vital factors in the diet.
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заселение видов животных
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Animals which have been translocated by human agency into lands or waters where they have not lived previously, at least during historic times. Such translocation of species always involves an element of risk if not of serious danger. Newly arrived species, depending on their interspecific relationships and characteristics, may act as or carry parasites or diseases, prey upon native organisms, display toxic reactions, or be highly competitive with or otherwise adversely affect native species and communities. (Source: WPR)
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домашнее животное
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1) Wild animal which has been trained to live near a house and not be frightened of human beings; 2) species which was formerly wild, now selectively bred to fill human needs. (Source: PHC)
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теплокровное животное
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Animal which has a body temperature that stays the same and does not change with the temperature of its surroundings. (Source: CAMB)
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Not domesticated animals living independently of man. (Source: CED)
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сущ.1) разг. тот, кто интересуется политикой, участвует в политической деятельностиI'm not really a political animal. — Честно сказать, политикой я не интересуюсь.
2) "политическое животное" (Аристотель утверждал, что человек - «политическое животное и поэтому несет в себе инстинктивное стремление к совместному жительству»; развитие общества идёт от семьи к общине, а от неё к государству - высшей формой общественных связей)The human being should be considered the priority objective in a political war... Once his mind has been reached, the 'political animal' has been defeated, without necessarily receiving bullets. — Таким образом, в идеологической войне человека следует считать целью № 1…. Проникнув в его сознание, мы убьём в нём инстинкт «политического животного» и выиграем сражение, не сделав ни единого выстрела.
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Религия: (Animal that could and could not be eaten. Lv:ll) животные чистые и нечистыеУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > clean and unclean animal
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