carcass

英 ['kɑːkəs] 美 ['kɑːrkəs]

• n. 尸体；残骸；骨架；(人的)身躯

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]尸体

   dead body of an animal,especially one prepared for cutting up as meat

2. [C]烹调过的禽鸟骨骼

   bones of a cooked bird

3. [C]（废车、船等的）残骸，骨架

   the decaying remains of sth, such as a car or a ship, etc.

英英释义

Noun:

1. the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Vultures are picking at a lion's carcass.
   秃鹫正在啄食狮子的尸体。
2. The ravenous lions tore at the carcass.
   这些饥饿的狮子撕碎了那动物的尸体。
3. Vultures flew around in the sky waiting to pick at the carcass of the deer.
   秃鹰在天空盘旋等着啄食鹿的尸体。
4. We saw the carcass of an abandoned automobile by the roadside.
   我们看到路边有一辆被丢弃的汽车残骸。
5. You might find a bit of meat left on the chicken carcass.
   鸡骨头上还可能有点肉呢。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. We came across the carcass of a lion.
   我们遇见一具狮子的尸体。
2. I saw children swimming in an old irrigation ditch alongside the rotting carcass of an ox.
   我看到孩子们在腐烂的牛尸旁边旧的灌溉渠里游泳。
3. Vultures flew around in the sky waiting to pick at the carcass of the deer.
   兀鹰在天空盘旋等待着啄食鹿的尸体。
4. You can make soup by boiling chicken carcasses.
   你可以用鸡骨头烧汤。
5. Divers have found the carcass of a wrecked ship 100 miles from the coast.
   潜水员在离岸100英里处发现了一艘失事船只的残骸。
6. The mining town,now a mere carcass,is a reminder of a past era.
   现在只剩下废墟的矿城使人回想起过去的时代。
7. Shift your great carcass.
   挪挪你那肥大的身子。
8. Move your carcass!
   走开！
9. Move your great carcass out of that chair!
   把你庞大的身躯从椅子上挪开！

经典引文

• His Trances proceeded through the weaknesse of his earthly Carcase.

  出自： W. Raleigh

• For what would they risk their carcasses but money?

  出自： R. L. Stevenson

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

名词+～

• chicken carcass 鸡肉

～+名词

• carcass meat 鲜肉
• carcass trade 家具拆卖业

～+介词

• carcass of a lion 狮子的尸体
• carcasses of old cars 旧车的残骸

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. carcass的基本意思是“动物的尸体”，尤指屠宰后供食用的牲畜躯体，是可数名词。
2. carcass还可指“（废车、船等的）残骸，骨架”，是可数名词。
3. carcass用作比喻可指“死尸，人的躯体”，通常为骂人话，含贬义，属于俚语用法。

近反义词

【近义词】

• body 身体
• corpse 尸体
• remains 剩余物
• cadaver 尸体
• skeleton 骨架
• shell 壳
• animal 动物
• carcase 被废弃的东西...