corpse

英 [kɔːps] 美 [kɔːrps]

• n. 尸体

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]死尸,尸体

   dead body (especially of a human being)

英英释义

Noun:

1. the dead body of a human being;

   "the cadaver was intended for dissection"
   "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"
   "the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river"
   "honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The corpse was laid out by the undertaker.
   承办殡葬者准备埋葬尸体。
2. The corpse lies face down in a pool of blood.
   尸体俯卧在血泊中。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The living soldiers put corpses together and burned them after battle.
   战斗结束后,活着的战士把尸体放在一起烧了。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• dig up a corpse 挖出尸体
• follow the corpse 护送尸体
• identify the corpse 辨认尸体

形容词+～

• bleeding corpse 血淋淋的尸体
• living corpse 行尸走肉
• political corpse 政治僵尸
• walking corpse 骨瘦如柴的人

词义辨析

n. (名词)

corpse, body, remains

• 这三个词的共同意思是“尸体”“遗体”。其区别在于:
• 1.body和corpse可用于人也可用于动物; 而remains一般只用于人。在表示“身体”“躯体”“主干”等意思时,只能用body,不能用corpse和remains。例如:
• The fighters buried the bodies after a battle.在一场战斗之后,战士们掩埋了尸体。
• Mary's treasured little dog died yesterday. She buried its body to bear deep grieves.昨天玛丽心爱的小狗死了,她怀着深切的悲痛埋了它。
• The hunter found a corpse in the valley.猎人在山谷里发现了一具动物的尸体。
• She was laying out a corpse.她正为尸体做入殓安葬准备。
• 2.在表示“行尸走肉”这一意思时,只能用corpse,不能用body和remains。例如:
• He is a living corpse.他如同行尸走肉。
• 3.remains是书面语,比较庄重。

近反义词

【近义词】

• cadaver 尸体
• stiff 硬的
• carcass 尸体
• body 身体
• remains 剩余物
• dead body 死尸
• dust 灰尘
• bones 骨骼
• ashes 灰烬
• the deceased 死者
• deceased 已故的
• the 那
• clay 黏土