| 单词 | flesh |
| 释义 | flesh n. & v. --n 1. a the soft, esp. muscular, substance between the skin and bones of an animal or a human. b plumpness; fat (has put on flesh). c archaic meat, esp. excluding poultry, game, and offal. 2. the body as opposed to the mind or the soul, esp. considered as sinful. 3. the pulpy substance of a fruit or a plant. 4. a the visible surface of the human body with ref. to its colour or appearance. b (also flesh-colour) a yellowish pink colour. 5. animal or human life. --vtr. 1. embody in flesh. 2. incite (a hound etc.) by the taste of blood. 3. initiate, esp. by aggressive or violent means, esp.: a use (a sword etc.) for the first time on flesh. b use (wit, the pen, etc.) for the first time. c inflame (a person) by the foretaste of success. Phrases and idioms all flesh all human and animal creation. flesh and blood --n 1. the body or its substance. 2. humankind. 3. human nature, esp. as being fallible. --adj actually living, not imaginary or supernatural. flesh-fly (pl. -flies) any fly of the family Sarcophagidae that deposits eggs or larvae in dead flesh. flesh out make or become substantial. flesh side the side of a hide that adjoined the flesh. flesh tints flesh-colours as rendered by a painter. flesh-wound a wound not reaching a bone or a vital organ. in the flesh in bodily form, in person. lose (or put on) flesh grow thinner or fatter. make a person's flesh creep frighten or horrify a person, esp. with tales of the supernatural etc. one flesh (of two people) intimately united, esp. by virtue of marriage (Gen. 2:24). one's own flesh and blood near relatives; descendants. sins of the flesh unchastity. the way of all flesh experience common to all mankind. Derivatives fleshless adj. Etymology: OE fl{aelig}sc f. Gmc |
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