Children's books often depict farmyard animals as gentle, lovable creatures.是什么意思？

Children's books often depict farmyard animals as gentle, lovable creatures.

儿童图书常常把农场的动物描写得温和而可爱。

books

n. 书( book的名词复数 )，卷，课本，账簿；v. 预订( book的第三人称单数 )，登记，（向旅馆、饭店、戏院等）预约，立案（控告某人）；

例句
...literary books that are accessible to a general audience.
一般读者都能欣赏的文学作品

often

adv. 常常，经常，时常，再三；

例句
Genetic abnormalities are more often associated with faults in paternal DNA than in maternal DNA.
相对于母本DNA,基因畸变往往更多地与父本DNA上的缺陷相关。

depict

vt. 描绘，描画，描述；

例句
The media depict him as a left-wing bogeyman.
媒体把他描述成一个左翼大反派。

farmyard

n. 农家宅院；

例句
Children's books often depict farmyard animals as gentle, lovable creatures.
儿童图书常常把农场的动物描写得温和而可爱。

animals

n. 动物( animal的名词复数 )，兽，兽性，粗野残暴的人；

例句
They are saying, with varying degrees of absolutism, that animals should not be exploited at all.
他们都多多少少带有些绝对地说动物根本不该被拿来利用。

as

adv. 同样地，一样地，例如；prep. 作为，以…的身份，如

例句
As far as I can recall, Patti was a Smith.
我记得帕蒂是姓史密斯的。

gentle

adj. 温和的，文雅的，高尚的；vt. 使温和，使驯服；n. 蛆，饵；

例句
Her aggressive moods alternated with gentle or more co-operative states...
她情绪多变，时而咄咄逼人，时而又显得温柔平和或乐于合作。

lovable

adj. 可爱的，惹人爱的；

例句
He was a gentle, sensitive, lovable man who will be missed by a host of friends.
他是一个温和、体贴而且可爱的人，许多朋友都会想念他的。

creatures

n. 生物，动物( creature的名词复数 )，人；

例句
Most living creatures are capable of adaptation when compelled to do so.
大多数生物都能在迫于压力的情况下适应新环境。