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

单词

flesh

释义

flesh¹ nounflesh² verb

fleshflesh1 /fleʃ/ W3 noun [uncountable]

WORD ORIGINflesh1

Origin:

Old English flæsc

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

And this was an edifice that would house the greatest mystery of all: wine into blood, bread into flesh.
But I must stop, for I am turning Word into numbers not into flesh.
Charles Tekeyan believed that this feeling is solely a matter of continued excellence in the flesh.
She had unscrewed them, simply turned them through her flesh.
Stephen felt Weir's fingers digging into the flesh between his ribs.
The fingers squeezed my flesh gently.
They showed a mercy to house and land which they denied to flesh and blood.
This father and his two sons knew the smell of their own decaying flesh.

Longman Language Activatorwhen you meet or talk to someone directly► personally/in person

if you meet or talk to someone personally or in person , you do it by going somewhere yourself, instead of writing, telephoning, or asking someone else to do it: · We thought we'd pay you a visit, as we would like to thank you personally for all your help.· If this is your first passport, you must apply in person, bringing with you proof of U.S. citizenship.· The author of the book had not personally met with the publishers before its publication.

► face to face

if you meet or talk to someone face to face , you are in the same place as them and looking directly at them: · The senator cannot meet every voter face to face, but he is certainly doing his best.come face to face with (=meet someone personally, especially when you do not want to): · Victims who go to court dread coming face to face with their attacker again.· I stuck my head out of my tent, and came face to face with a cow.

► to somebody's face

if you say something to somebody's face , especially something unkind or critical, you say it directly to them, instead of to other people: say something to somebody's face: · If she doesn't like my work, I wish she'd say so to my face.tell somebody (something) to their face: · I didn't love him anymore, but I couldn't bring myself to tell him to his face.

► in the flesh

informal if you meet or see someone in the flesh , you are in the same place as them, rather than seeing them on television or in a film - use this especially about well-known people: · I saw her outside the TV studios - she looks much older in the flesh.· Michael Jordan was my hero, and meeting him in the flesh was a real thrill.

WORD SETS► Biology

aerobic, adjectiveafterbirth, nounalgae, nounalimentary canal, nounamber, nounameba, nounamino acid, nounamoeba, nounanaconda, nounanaerobic, adjectiveandrogynous, adjectiveantibody, nounantigen, nounantitoxin, nounappendage, nounarm, nounarmour, nounasexual, adjectiveassimilation, nounatrophy, verbaviary, nounbacteria, nounbacteriology, nounbarnacle, nounbile, nounbinocular vision, nounbio-, prefixbiochemistry, nounbiodegradable, adjectivebiodiversity, nounbiohazard, nounbiological, adjectivebiological clock, nounbiology, nounbiomass, nounbiome, nounbiosphere, nounblind, nounbrain, nounbreathe, verbbreed, verbbreed, nounbreeding, nounbristle, nounbulb, nouncapsule, nouncarbohydrate, nouncarbon dioxide, nouncarnivore, nouncell, nouncellular, adjectivecellulose, nouncentral nervous system, nouncervical, adjectivecholesterol, nounchromosome, nouncirculation, nouncirculatory, adjectiveclass, nounclone, nouncold-blooded, adjectiveconceive, verbconch, nounconnective tissue, nouncopulate, verbcoral reef, nouncornea, nouncoronary, adjectivecorpuscle, nouncortex, nouncortisone, nouncowrie, nouncrab, nouncrawfish, nouncrayfish, nouncreature, nouncross, verbcrossbreed, nounculture, nouncytoplasm, noundecay, verbdecay, noundecompose, verbdefecate, verbdenizen, noundextrose, noundiaphragm, noundigest, verbdigestion, noundigestive, adjectiveDNA, noundorsal, adjectivedry rot, nounduct, noundwarf, noundwarf, adjectiveecological, adjectiveecology, nounecosystem, nounegg, nounejaculate, verbembryo, nounembryonic, adjectiveenzyme, nounepidermis, nounevolution, nounevolutionary, adjectiveexcrement, nounexcrescence, nounexcrete, verbexcretion, nounexhale, verbexoskeleton, nounextinction, nounfaeces, nounfamily, nounfang, nounfat, nounfatty acid, nounfauna, nounfeces, nounfeed, verbfemale, adjectivefemale, nounferment, verbferment, nounfertile, adjectivefertility, nounfertilize, verbfission, nounflank, nounflatulence, nounflesh, nounfleshy, adjectiveflightless, adjectiveflora, nounfoetal, adjectivefoetus, nounfoliage, nounfossil, nounfreak, nounfreshwater, adjectivefructose, noungamete, nounganglion, noungene, noungene pool, noungenera, genetic, adjectivegenetic code, noungenetic engineering, noungenetic fingerprinting, noungenetics, noungenome, noungenus, noungestation, noungland, nounglandular, adjectiveglucose, noungluten, noungonad, noungrass snake, noungrow, verbgrowth, nounhabitat, nounhaemoglobin, nounhearing, nounheart, nounhemisphere, nounherbivore, nounhereditary, adjectiveheredity, nounhermaphrodite, nounhibernate, verbhistamine, nounhoming, adjectivehormone, nounhost, nounimpregnate, verbimpulse, nounincubate, verbindigenous, adjectiveinfected, adjectiveinfertile, adjectiveinfest, verbingest, verbinhale, verbinseminate, verbinsensate, adjectiveinsulin, nounintegument, nounintercourse, nouninterferon, nounintestine, nouninvertebrate, nouninvoluntary, adjectiveiris, nounjaw, nounjelly, nounkidney, nounkrill, nounlactate, verblactation, nounlactic acid, nounleech, nounleg, nounlesser, adjectivelichen, nounlife, nounlife cycle, nounlife form, nounligament, nounlimb, nounlimpet, nounlipid, nounliver, nounliving fossil, nounlocomotion, nounlymph, nounlymph node, nounmale, adjectivemale, nounmammal, nounmandible, nounmate, nounmate, verbmembrane, nounmetabolism, nounmetabolize, verbmetamorphosis, nounmicrobe, nounmicrobiology, nounmicroorganism, nounmicroscopic, adjectivemigrate, verbmigratory, adjectivemiscarriage, nounmolar, nounmorphology, nounmotor, adjectivemould, nounmouth, nounmucous membrane, nounmucus, nounmulticellular, adjectivemuscle, nounmuscular, adjectivemutant, nounmutate, verbmutation, nounnatural history, nounnatural selection, nounnature, nounneck, nounnectar, nounnerve, nounnervous, adjectivenervous system, nounneural, adjectiveneuro-, prefixneurology, nounnode, nounnose, nounnostril, nounnucleic acid, nounnucleus, nounnutrient, nounnutriment, nounoesophagus, nounoestrogen, nounolfactory, adjectiveoptic, adjectiveorgan, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic chemistry, nounorganism, nounorifice, nounossify, verbosteo-, prefixoutgrowth, nounova, ovary, nounoverwinter, verboviduct, nounoviparous, adjectiveovulate, verbovum, nounparasite, nounpathogen, nounpedigree, nounpelvic, adjectivepelvis, nounpenile, adjectivepenis, nounpepsin, nounperiod, nounperspiration, nounperspire, verbphotosynthesis, nounphylum, nounpigment, nounpigmentation, nounplankton, nounplasma, nounpollinate, verbpostnatal, adjectivepregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectiveprenatal, adjectiveproduct, nounproliferation, nounpropagate, verbprotein, nounprotoplasm, nounprotozoan, nounpuberty, nounpulmonary, adjectivepulp, nounpulsation, nounputrefy, verbputrid, adjectivered blood cell, nounregurgitate, verbrenal, adjectivereproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverespiration, nounrespiratory, adjectiverespire, verbretina, nounroot, nounrot, verbrot, nounruff, nounsac, nounsaliva, nounsalivary gland, nounsalivate, verbsaltwater, adjectivescale, nounscallop, nounscaly, adjectivesebaceous, adjectivesecrete, verbsecretion, nounsemen, nounsense organ, nounsensory, adjectiveserum, nounsex, nounsex, verbsexless, adjectivesexual intercourse, nounsheath, nounshell, nounsibling, nounskeletal, adjectiveskeleton, nounskin, nounskull, nounspasm, nounspasmodic, adjectivespecies, nounspecimen, nounsperm, nounspiderweb, nounspinal cord, nounspine, nounspineless, adjectivestarch, nounstem cell, nounstimulate, verbstimulus, nounstrain, nounsubject, nounsubspecies, nounsucker, nounsucrose, nounsweat, verbsweat, nounsweat gland, nounsymbiosis, nounsystemic, adjectivetail, nountaxonomy, nounteeth, testosterone, nountest-tube baby, nountissue, nountrachea, nountube, noununicellular, adjectiveurethra, nounuric, adjectiveurinate, verburine, nounvariety, nounvector, nounvein, nounvenom, nounvenomous, adjectiveventricle, nounvertebra, nounvertebrate, nounvivisection, nounwarm-blooded, adjectivewean, verbwildlife, nounwindpipe, nounyolk, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► the pleasures/desires/temptations of the flesh

(=things such as drinking, eating a lot, or having sex)

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a flesh wound

(=one that does not injure bones or parts inside the body)· It’s only a flesh wound and will heal in ten days or so.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► female

· He had first touched female flesh when only seventeen and had recoiled from the possibility it offered.· The images of female flesh disappeared.· What has caused this terror of female flesh?

► human

· Bearing in mind the recent huge casualty statistics, their sausages probably contained minced human flesh.· He was a great horseman and he fed his horses human flesh to make them fierce in battle.· Liese made the ocean sound like a hungry beast that demanded to be fed with human flesh.· In her meticulous oils on linen, Doogan lovingly paints the crevices that time etches into human flesh.· Then there are the cases that actually entail the strange meeting of manmade glass or metal and human flesh.· The story is accompanied by a drawing of a dismembered hand clutching a forkful of human flesh.· And the arms cringe when they touch human flesh.

► living

· The next sentence introduces morality: the enormity of the knife descending and cutting into living flesh: because of the unbearable blood.· A perfect sculpture of the living flesh.· It reacts with the organic materials of living flesh.· But now it was welded into the living flesh.

► pale

· Only his yellow hair and pale flesh gave any light through the darkness.· There was no blood, only a bulging of what looked like new pale flesh from the wound.· As he caressed the two pale curves of flesh that rose above the water, he decided what to do about Scott.· One held me as the other tore my dress and then the pale flesh under.

► pink

· It wasn't fully dressed; many of its cucumber scales had fallen off, revealing pink flesh underneath.· The barest crunch from the charred exterior gives way to juicy pink flesh.· Place on the cake board. 2 Colour the fondant icing a pink flesh colour.· Bernice watched, amazed, as a spiral of pink flesh rotated in the air behind the Doctor.

► soft

· This acts like a cork in a bottle, stopping the borrow and preventing any attack on the soft flesh beneath it.· His fingers pressed into the soft flesh of my arms as he tried to force apart my hands.· He squeezed one and his fingers sank into the soft flesh.· There was a stinging spot on the side of his tongue where his teeth had sunk into the soft flesh.· He placed his free hand tentatively on the soft flesh.· His hard knuckles ripped open the soft flesh over Luke's eye.

► tender

· She moistened her lips, feeling the raised and tender flesh where her teeth had bitten through.· Then the hands of the stocking-masked men were on her, their fingers digging into the tender flesh of her arms.· He picked the tender flesh carefully from the bones.· Juicy, crisp, tender flesh and highly aromatic.· Sometimes she believed hooves were cutting her tender inside flesh, sometimes claws.

► warm

· He touched her face very tenderly and believed he felt warm flesh.· They will cook the fish, eat the sweet warm flesh with chunks of dark rye bread.· The feel of his warm flesh was too much to resist, and with a little groan she slid her arms round him.· Naked they embraced, body to body, warm flesh blending as one.· Lucy came - Jay's fingertips blazoned with the feel of her warm flesh - and crouched to see.

NOUN► wound

· Casualties amounted to one man killed, a few flesh wounds and two jeeps destroyed.· The healthy kind is analogous to how the body treats a simple flesh wound.· Even so, it's only a flesh wound and will heal in ten days or so.

VERB► cut

· To raise her knees would cause the ropes securing her body to cut into her flesh.· It cut right into my flesh, and I bled copiously.· It can cut badly, either flesh or other lines, even itself!· Two policemen rotated the sticks, causing the ropes to cut into his flesh.· Peel the avocados, cut them in half lengthways and remove the stones. Cut the flesh into thin slices.· She knew it would give a nasty sting, but it wouldn't cut her flesh to ribbons.· The ropes began to cut into her flesh, as she wriggled against them to avoid cramp.· Scoop out the seeds and discard. 5 Cut out the flesh leaving a thin border.

► eat

· They can and will eat anything - flesh and bone, wood, rocks, bits of metal.· But earlier this year I stopped eating flesh in any form.· Their corrosion will testify against you and eat your flesh like fire.· They will cook the fish, eat the sweet warm flesh with chunks of dark rye bread.· The devout Buddhist sees the hare who was willing to be roasted alive so the starving brahmin could eat his flesh.· After the killing they ate the flesh of their father.· It seems that primitive peoples ate human flesh for broadly two reasons.

► make

· He draped the jacket round her shoulders, his hands briefly making contact with her flesh.· And Thomas Hudson, born as poor as herself and just as upward mobile, was gentility personified, sensibility made flesh.· It also makes Troll flesh virtually impossible to eat unless it is very thoroughly cooked.· Imagine: their data made flesh!· However, they made flesh at the expense of milk: the breed does seem to milk better in harder conditions.· Words there are made flesh so I may touch them and she can feel it.· It frightens me how a child can be made of flesh and blood but decay to wood.

► press

· He jabs his finger to slam home his message and he is happy to press flesh and kiss babies.· His fingers pressed into the soft flesh of my arms as he tried to force apart my hands.· She gripped my hand, pressing dirt and flesh into my palm.· Clinton stayed long enough to press the flesh and view several sample issue ads with the donors.

► tear

· He walked hesitatingly forward, his skin tensed for the feeling of metal tearing flesh.· And then I tie up the boxes with the red-and-white string that always tears into my flesh.· Julie struck again, this time catching him just above the right eye, tearing the flesh.· A bomb is a terrible and random instrument for tearing flesh.· It was matted, thorny stuff that would tear unprotected flesh to ribbons.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the flesh► put flesh on something

Medical experts put flesh on the statistical data for the audience.
Chen has now put flesh on his proposal in an interview with Business Week.
The strength of this book is that it puts flesh on the bare bones of this argument.

► go the way of all flesh► in the flesh

I saw her outside the TV studios - she looks much older in the flesh.
Michael Jordan was my hero, and meeting him in the flesh was a real thrill.
As to the miners, before I saw them in the flesh, I would see them in photographs.
But now their enmity found its target in the flesh.
But you want to know what he's like, in the flesh?
Charles Tekeyan believed that this feeling is solely a matter of continued excellence in the flesh.
He had never meant to reclaim or re-create her, not in the flesh.
I shall have travelled away in the flesh from that wretched court - light years away by then, light decades.
John and Joan decided that they should meet Alexander Atkins and his colleague in the flesh.
That is, not in the flesh.

► make somebody’s flesh creep/crawl► your own flesh and blood

He raised those kids like they were his own flesh and blood.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► somebody/something makes my flesh creep► mortify the flesh/yourself

We may imagine an ascetic who consistently chooses the sour instead of the sweet apple, in order to mortify the flesh.

► get/take/demand etc your pound of flesh

The Government gets its pound of flesh, doesn't it.

► press the flesh

Smiling happily, the President reached into the crowd to press the flesh.
Clinton stayed long enough to press the flesh and view several sample issue ads with the donors.

► the spirit is willing (but the flesh is weak)

the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones:

a freshwater fish with firm white flesh2the skin of the human body:

His flesh was red and covered in sores.3the soft part of a fruit or vegetable that can be eaten:

Cut the melon in half and scoop out the flesh.4in the flesh if you see someone in the flesh, you see someone who you previously had only seen in pictures, films etc:

He looked much shorter in the flesh than on television.5make somebody’s flesh creep/crawl to make someone feel frightened, nervous, or uncomfortable:

The way he stared at her made her flesh creep.6your own flesh and blood someone who is part of your family:

How can he treat his own flesh and blood that way?7the flesh literary the physical human body, as opposed to the mind or spiritthe pleasures/desires/temptations of the flesh (=things such as drinking, eating a lot, or having sex)8put flesh on something to give more details about something to make it clear, more interesting etc SYN flesh something ↔ out:

I’ll try to put some flesh on the plan Margaret has outlined.9go the way of all flesh literary to die → get your pound of flesh at pound1(5), → press the flesh at press2(14), → the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak at spirit1(16)

flesh¹ nounflesh² verb

fleshflesh2 verb

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