| 单词 | corporal |
| 释义 | corporal 1. n. 1. a non-commissioned army or air-force officer ranking next below sergeant. 2. (in full ship's corporal) Brit. an officer under the master-at-arms, attending to police matters. 3. US a freshwater fallfish, Semotilis corporalis. Etymology: obs. F, var. of caporal f. It. caporale prob. f. L corporalis (as CORPORAL(2)), confused with It. capo head 2. adj. of or relating to the human body (cf. CORPOREAL). Phrases and idioms corporal punishment punishment inflicted on the body, esp. by beating. Derivatives corporally adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L corporalis f. corpus -oris body 3. n. a cloth on which the vessels containing the consecrated elements are placed during the celebration of the Eucharist. Etymology: OE f. OF corporal or med.L corporale pallium body cloth (as CORPORAL(2)) |
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