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n.
衣食(尤指食物)



    creature comforts
    [ noun ]
    things that make you comfortable and at ease
    <noun.possession>
    all the comforts of home


    Creature \Crea"ture\ (kr[=e]"t[=u]r; 135), n. [F. cr['e]ature,
    L. creatura. See {Create}.]
    1. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially,
    any being created with life; an animal; a man.

    He asked water, a creature so common and needful
    that it was against the law of nature to deny him.
    --Fuller.

    God's first creature was light. --Bacon.

    On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol
    Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
    --Milton.

    And most attractive is the fair result
    Of thought, the creature of a polished mind.
    --Cowper.

    2. A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a
    poor creature; a pretty creature.

    The world hath not a sweeter creature. --Shak.

    3. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a
    servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.

    A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. --Shak.

    Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud.
    --Macaulay.

    4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc.

    {Creature comforts}, those objects, as food, drink, and
    shelter, which minister to the comfort of the body.
    [1913 Webster +PJC]

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