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单词 carnally
释义
carnalcar‧nal /ˈkɑːnl $ ˈkɑːrnl/ adjective formal Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcarnal
Origin:
1400-1500 Late Latin carnalis, from Latin caro ‘flesh’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But not, he swears, in a carnal sense.
  • He had had to confess his carnal thoughts to Father Devlin and had been severely censured.
  • I thought about carnal pleasure, and looked around and felt certain that something cataclysmic was well on its way.
  • In the end she opts for the serious, renounces carnal love, and decides to become a Catholic.
  • It is notable primarily for its lack of carnal interest.
  • She knew what loving meant perhaps, but little of violence and carnal needs.
  • The fruit was carnal knowledge, and everybody from Thomas Aquinas to Milton knew it.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· But carnal knowledge sours his relationship with his clients, and paradise is lost.· It is the threesome of snake, Eve, and Adam which, according to the Bible, makes for carnal knowledge.· The fruit was carnal knowledge, and everybody from Thomas Aquinas to Milton knew it.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • But carnal knowledge sours his relationship with his clients, and paradise is lost.
  • It is the threesome of snake, Eve, and Adam which, according to the Bible, makes for carnal knowledge.
  • The fruit was carnal knowledge, and everybody from Thomas Aquinas to Milton knew it.
1relating to sex or someone’s body:  carnal desires2carnal knowledge/relations sexual activitycarnally adverb
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