单词 | corporeal |
释义 | corporeal From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcorporealcor‧po‧re‧al /kɔːˈpɔːriəl $ kɔːr-/ adjective formal1 BODYrelating to the body, rather than to the mind, feelings, or spirit SYN physical corporeal desires2 existing in a physical form and able to be touchedExamples from the Corpuscorporeal• Then he, too, requires a brief respite from corporeal entombment.• Ideas are presented as tangible and corporeal in the form of hands-on exhibits.• And then there is our own body, our own corporeal instrument, which we're awfully proud of now.• His portraits must in turn be considered an important constituent in their power, as compensation for their more corporeal weaknesses.Origin corporeal (1600-1700) Latin corporeus “of the body”, from corpus; → CORPUS |
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