flesh

flesh

[fleʃ]

n.肉, 肉体, 人类
v.充实, 变胖

例句与用法:

I'll have to go to my aunt's funeral she was my own flesh and blood after all.

我得参加我姑姑的葬礼--她是我的亲人哪。

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

心有余而力不足。

词形变化:

形容词: fleshless | 动词过去式: fleshed | 动词过去分词: fleshed | 动词现在分词: fleshing | 动词第三人称单数: fleshes |


n.[U]

1. 肉, 肌肉

Lions are flesh-eating animals.

狮子是肉食动物。

2. (供食用的)兽肉(与鱼, 禽的肉相区别)

3. (果实的)果肉; (蔬菜的)叶肉

The flesh of the peach was sweet and juicy.

这桃子肉味甜汁多。

4. (相对于灵魂, 精神的)肉体[the S]

The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak.

力不从心。

5. 肉欲, 情欲[the S]

6. 众生

7. 肉色

vt.

1. 用肉喂养

2. 使长肉, 使肥[(+up)]

Good fodder fleshed the steers up.

优质饲料使菜牛长肉。

vi.

【口】长肉, 发胖[(+up/out)]

He has fleshed out since we last saw him.

我们上回见到他以来他发胖了。


短语词组:

flesh and blood

1. 血肉之躯

These sorrows are more than flesh and blood can bear.

这些忧伤不是血肉之躯所能忍受的。

2. 亲人

I must help her. After all, she's my own flesh and blood.

我必须帮助她。她毕竟是我的亲人。

in the flesh

1. 本人

I have never seen him in the flesh.

我从未见过他本人。

lose flesh

1. 消瘦

He has been losing flesh ever since the death of his wife.

自他妻子死后, 他日渐消瘦。

make sb.'s flesh creep/crawl

1. 令某人毛骨悚然

The mysterious sound made my flesh creep.

那神秘的声音使我毛骨悚然。

put on flesh

1. 发胖

He did a great deal of exercise so as not to put on flesh.

他做大量运动以防止发胖。


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