英语词汇“fleshworms”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

fleshworms

释义

flesh /flesh/

noun

Muscular tissue
All the living substance of the body of similar composition to muscle
The soft substance that covers the bones of animals
The bodies of animals and (sometimes) birds, but not fish, used as food
The body, not the soul
Animals, or animal nature
Human bodily nature
Humankind
Kindred
One's own family
Bodily appetites
Excess weight
The soft substance of fruit or vegetables, esp the part fit to be eaten

transitive verb

To reward with flesh
To train to have an appetite for flesh (esp dogs for hunting)
To inure or harden (eg to warfare or killing)
To use on flesh (eg a sword)
To use for the first time
To gratify with fleshly indulgence
To put flesh upon or fatten
To scrape flesh from

ORIGIN: OE flǣsc; cognate forms in all Gmc languages; Ger Fleisch, etc

fleshed /flesht/ adjective

Having flesh
Fat

fleshˈer noun

An instrument for scraping hides
A butcher (esp Scot)

fleshˈhood noun (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

The state of being in the flesh

fleshˈiness noun

fleshˈings plural noun

Actors' flesh-coloured tights

fleshˈless adjective

Without flesh
Lean

fleshˈliness noun

fleshˈling noun

A sensualist

fleshˈly adjective

Corporeal
Carnal
Not spiritual

adverb

Carnally

fleshˈment noun (Shakespeare)

The act of fleshing or initiating
Excitement arising from success

fleshˈy adjective

Of or relating to flesh
Fat
Pulpy
Plump

fleshˈ-broth noun

Broth made by boiling meat

fleshˈ-brush noun

A brush used for rubbing the skin to stimulate circulation

fleshˈ-colour noun

The normal colour of the skin of a member of a white-skinned race

fleshˈ-coloured adjective

fleshˈ-eater noun

fleshˈ-fly noun

A fly (esp Sarcophaga) whose larvae feed on damaged flesh

fleshˈ-hook noun

A hook for lifting meat from a pot

fleshˈ-market noun

A market where meat is sold

fleshˈ-meat noun

Flesh of animals used for food

fleshˈmonger noun

A person who deals in flesh
A whoremonger (Shakespeare)
A procurer, pimp or slave-dealer

flesh pot noun

High living (usu in pl)
A place where entertainment of a sexual nature is on offer, eg a striptease club
A city known to provide an abundance of this kind of entertainment
A pot or vessel in which meat is cooked (historical)
Abundance of flesh (obsolete)

fleshˈ-pottery noun (literary)

Sumptuous living

fleshˈ-pressing see press flesh under press¹

fleshˈ-tint noun

A tint or colour that represents the normal colour of the skin of a member of a white-skinned race

fleshˈworm noun (archaic)

A worm or maggot that feeds on flesh

flesh wound noun

A wound not reaching beyond the flesh

an arm of flesh (Bible)

Human strength or help

flesh and blood

Bodily or human nature

flesh out

To give substance to or elaborate on (an idea, etc)

in flesh

In good condition
Fat

in the flesh

In bodily life, alive
Incarnate
In person, actually present

make someone's flesh creep

To arouse a feeling of horror in someone

one flesh (religion)

United in marriage

one's own flesh and blood

One's own relations

pound of flesh see under pound¹

press flesh see under press¹

proud-flesh see under proud

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