英语词汇“corpse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINcorpse

Origin:

1300-1400 French corps; ➔ CORPS

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

The streets were filled with the stench of decaying corpses.
Thieves are digging up corpses in order to steal jewellery and gold teeth.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Brief peace settled over Ulthuan, like the shroud over a corpse.
Everything that could be smashed had been, but we found no corpses.
For a year or more Menelik had lain in the palace, a living corpse, paralysed and speechless.
It is in these brasses that one discovers the three different ways of positioning the arms of a corpse.
Nilsen was finally arrested when pieces of the corpses he was flushing down the toilet blocked the drain.
They often made presents of their relatives' corpses to whites.
This was sublime ridiculousness, to give away a blood-soiled shirt to a walking corpse.
Tubs, their ribs opening, held the corpses of camellias, their desperation for water manifest.

THESAURUSa dead body► body

noun [countable] the dead body of a person: · Her body was discovered at the bottom of a cliff.· Firefighters found the body of a woman in the house.

► corpse

noun [countable] the dead body of a person. Corpse is is used when you are thinking about the body as an object rather than a person: · Pathologists examined the corpse.

► carcass

noun [countable] the dead body of an animal: · a whale carcass· The carcasses of the infected animals were burned.

► remains

noun [plural] parts of a dead person or animal, especially when they died a long time ago: · Police found human remains under the floorboards of the house.

Longman Language Activatorthe body of a dead person or animal► body

the body of someone who has recently died: · Police found the body of a young boy in Epping Forest last night.· The woman fell to her knees beside her son's body and began crying and wailing.· The bodies of the two soldiers were buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.dead body: · The first time I ever saw a dead body was at my grandfather's funeral.

► corpse

the body of a dead person, used when you consider the body as an object and not as a person: · Thieves are digging up corpses in order to steal jewellery and gold teeth.· The streets were filled with the stench of decaying corpses.

► remains

the parts of someone's body that remain after they die, especially after their body has been dead for a long time: · They found the remains of a young woman under the floor boards.· These rocks contain the fossilised remains of extinct animals.· The architect's remains are interred in St Paul's cathedral.

► ashes

the white powder that is left after a body has been burned as part of a funeral ceremony: · They burned Gandhi's body and scattered the ashes on the waters of the Jumna river.· Kay kept her father's ashes in an urn on the mantelpiece.

WORD SETS► Death

asphyxia, nounautopsy, nounbarrow, nounbequeath, verbbereaved, adjectivebereavement, nounbier, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounburial, nounbury, verbcasket, nouncatacomb, nouncatafalque, nouncemetery, nouncenotaph, nouncharnel house, nounchurchyard, nouncoffin, nouncommittal, nouncondolence, nouncoroner, nouncorpse, nouncortege, nouncot death, nouncremate, verbcrematorium, nouncrib death, nouncrucifixion, nouncrucify, verbcrypt, noundeath mask, noundemise, noundeparted, adjectiveD.O.A., adjectivedrown, verbembalm, verbend, nounepitaph, nouneulogy, nounexhume, verbexpire, verbfatality, nounfuneral, nounfunerary, adjectivefunereal, adjectivegrave, noungravedigger, noungravestone, noungraveyard, nounheadstone, nounhearse, nounhospice, nouninter, verbinterment, nounmausoleum, nounmorgue, nounmortality, nounmortician, nounmortuary, nounmortuary, adjectivemourner, nounmourning, nounmummify, verbmummy, nounnecrophilia, nounobsequies, nounpall, nounpallbearer, nounpassing, nounperish, verbplot, nounprobate, nounprobate, verbpyre, nounquietus, nounremains, nounrest, verbrigor mortis, nounRIP, rise, verbsarcophagus, nounsepulchre, nounshroud, nounthrenody, nountoll, nountomb, nountombstone, nountumulus, nounundertaker, nounundertaking, nounurn, nounvault, nounwake, nounwar memorial, nounwill, nounwinding sheet, nounwreath, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► carry

· Patients were dying by the hundreds, but there was nobody to carry away the corpses.· A bell sounded in the church at Gushibov, either calling Gentiles to Mass or because they were carrying out a corpse.· One of the men with sticks came over and carried his corpse away.· That said, our witnessing of a four-hundred-year-old tree carried like a corpse along the highway troubles him, too.

► find

· A week later villagers found the corpse of his eldest daughter, 12, by the creek.· They find a corpse in the tub with a gun alongside him.· If you send men into the forest you will find her frozen corpse in that cave she called her home.· Everything that could be smashed had been, but we found no corpses.· The shock of finding the corpse had made him forget to shave.· Every morning, when l opened my door, I found five or six corpses on the step.· After we'd found the corpses of the assassins.· When I passed the place again, half an hour afterwards, I found him a corpse.

► lie

· The corpse still lay sheeted on the bed.· The corpses lay there for several days in the rain.· The corpse lay on the ground, arms and legs detached from the body.· Twisted, blackened corpses lie side-by-side on a cold-looking concrete floor.· When I used to read to you in bed you must have thought that Coleridge's mummified corpse was lying between us.· Its corpse lay at her feet, slowly sinking into the moss and mud.· Only his corpse lying on its back, a knife plunged into its heart.· The corpse of a man lay there: red-haired, red-bearded, face long and marble-white.

► see

· Then we were by the counter and through the glass I saw a feathered corpse, twisted to show its plumpness.· Now here is a happening that illustrates my meaning: I believe it was in Rostov that I saw my first corpses.· You saw the corpse, Sir John, and the chamber?· He opened his mouth to speak, but saw the corpse stretched before him and shut it.· You know, Clerk, I have seen many a corpse.· I saw the corpses of eight, photographed some of them.· I went down to the execution yard where I saw three corpses.

单词	corpse
释义	corpsecorpse /kɔːps $ kɔːrps/ ●●○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcorpse Origin: 1300-1400 French corps; ➔ CORPS Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The streets were filled with the stench of decaying corpses. Thieves are digging up corpses in order to steal jewellery and gold teeth. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Brief peace settled over Ulthuan, like the shroud over a corpse. Everything that could be smashed had been, but we found no corpses. For a year or more Menelik had lain in the palace, a living corpse, paralysed and speechless. It is in these brasses that one discovers the three different ways of positioning the arms of a corpse. Nilsen was finally arrested when pieces of the corpses he was flushing down the toilet blocked the drain. They often made presents of their relatives' corpses to whites. This was sublime ridiculousness, to give away a blood-soiled shirt to a walking corpse. Tubs, their ribs opening, held the corpses of camellias, their desperation for water manifest. Thesaurus THESAURUSa dead body► body noun [countable] the dead body of a person: · Her body was discovered at the bottom of a cliff.· Firefighters found the body of a woman in the house. ► corpse noun [countable] the dead body of a person. Corpse is is used when you are thinking about the body as an object rather than a person: · Pathologists examined the corpse. ► carcass noun [countable] the dead body of an animal: · a whale carcass· The carcasses of the infected animals were burned. ► remains noun [plural] parts of a dead person or animal, especially when they died a long time ago: · Police found human remains under the floorboards of the house. Longman Language Activatorthe body of a dead person or animal► body the body of someone who has recently died: · Police found the body of a young boy in Epping Forest last night.· The woman fell to her knees beside her son's body and began crying and wailing.· The bodies of the two soldiers were buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.dead body: · The first time I ever saw a dead body was at my grandfather's funeral. ► corpse the body of a dead person, used when you consider the body as an object and not as a person: · Thieves are digging up corpses in order to steal jewellery and gold teeth.· The streets were filled with the stench of decaying corpses. ► remains the parts of someone's body that remain after they die, especially after their body has been dead for a long time: · They found the remains of a young woman under the floor boards.· These rocks contain the fossilised remains of extinct animals.· The architect's remains are interred in St Paul's cathedral. ► ashes the white powder that is left after a body has been burned as part of a funeral ceremony: · They burned Gandhi's body and scattered the ashes on the waters of the Jumna river.· Kay kept her father's ashes in an urn on the mantelpiece. WORD SETS► Death asphyxia, nounautopsy, nounbarrow, nounbequeath, verbbereaved, adjectivebereavement, nounbier, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounburial, nounbury, verbcasket, nouncatacomb, nouncatafalque, nouncemetery, nouncenotaph, nouncharnel house, nounchurchyard, nouncoffin, nouncommittal, nouncondolence, nouncoroner, nouncorpse, nouncortege, nouncot death, nouncremate, verbcrematorium, nouncrib death, nouncrucifixion, nouncrucify, verbcrypt, noundeath mask, noundemise, noundeparted, adjectiveD.O.A., adjectivedrown, verbembalm, verbend, nounepitaph, nouneulogy, nounexhume, verbexpire, verbfatality, nounfuneral, nounfunerary, adjectivefunereal, adjectivegrave, noungravedigger, noungravestone, noungraveyard, nounheadstone, nounhearse, nounhospice, nouninter, verbinterment, nounmausoleum, nounmorgue, nounmortality, nounmortician, nounmortuary, nounmortuary, adjectivemourner, nounmourning, nounmummify, verbmummy, nounnecrophilia, nounobsequies, nounpall, nounpallbearer, nounpassing, nounperish, verbplot, nounprobate, nounprobate, verbpyre, nounquietus, nounremains, nounrest, verbrigor mortis, nounRIP, rise, verbsarcophagus, nounsepulchre, nounshroud, nounthrenody, nountoll, nountomb, nountombstone, nountumulus, nounundertaker, nounundertaking, nounurn, nounvault, nounwake, nounwar memorial, nounwill, nounwinding sheet, nounwreath, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► carry · Patients were dying by the hundreds, but there was nobody to carry away the corpses.· A bell sounded in the church at Gushibov, either calling Gentiles to Mass or because they were carrying out a corpse.· One of the men with sticks came over and carried his corpse away.· That said, our witnessing of a four-hundred-year-old tree carried like a corpse along the highway troubles him, too. ► find · A week later villagers found the corpse of his eldest daughter, 12, by the creek.· They find a corpse in the tub with a gun alongside him.· If you send men into the forest you will find her frozen corpse in that cave she called her home.· Everything that could be smashed had been, but we found no corpses.· The shock of finding the corpse had made him forget to shave.· Every morning, when l opened my door, I found five or six corpses on the step.· After we'd found the corpses of the assassins.· When I passed the place again, half an hour afterwards, I found him a corpse. ► lie · The corpse still lay sheeted on the bed.· The corpses lay there for several days in the rain.· The corpse lay on the ground, arms and legs detached from the body.· Twisted, blackened corpses lie side-by-side on a cold-looking concrete floor.· When I used to read to you in bed you must have thought that Coleridge's mummified corpse was lying between us.· Its corpse lay at her feet, slowly sinking into the moss and mud.· Only his corpse lying on its back, a knife plunged into its heart.· The corpse of a man lay there: red-haired, red-bearded, face long and marble-white. ► see · Then we were by the counter and through the glass I saw a feathered corpse, twisted to show its plumpness.· Now here is a happening that illustrates my meaning: I believe it was in Rostov that I saw my first corpses.· You saw the corpse, Sir John, and the chamber?· He opened his mouth to speak, but saw the corpse stretched before him and shut it.· You know, Clerk, I have seen many a corpse.· I saw the corpses of eight, photographed some of them.· I went down to the execution yard where I saw three corpses. the dead body of a person SYN body: The corpse was found by children playing in the woods.
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