首页英语词典fleshflesh的意思

flesh

英 [fleʃ] 美[flɛʃ]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配实用场景例句

近义词family

反义词

n. 肉；肉体
vt. 喂肉给…；使发胖
vi. 长胖
n. (Flesh)人名；(英)弗莱什

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中文词源

flesh 肉体

可能来自PIE*pleik, 撕，剥，词源同flay. 即剥皮，肉体。比较carnal, corium.

英英释意

1. the soft tissue of the body of a vertebrate: mainly muscle tissue and fat

2. alternative names for the body of a human being;: "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"

3. a soft moist part of a fruit

英文词源

flesh: flesh: [OE] The etymological notion underlying flesh, and its near relative flitch ‘side of bacon’ [OE], is of ‘slitting open and cutting up an animal’s carcase for food’. It, together with its continental cousins, German fleisch and Dutch vleesch ‘flesh’ and Swedish fläsk ‘bacon’, comes ultimately from Indo-European *pel- ‘split’. Consequently, the earliest recorded sense of the Old English word flǣsc is ‘meat’; the broader ‘soft animal tissue’, not necessarily considered as food, seems to have developed in the late Old English period.
=> flitch
flesh (n.): Old English flæsc "flesh, meat, muscular parts of animal bodies; body (as opposed to soul)," also "living creatures," also "near kindred" (a sense now obsolete except in phrase flesh and blood), common West and North Germanic (compare Old Frisian flesk, Middle Low German vlees, German Fleisch "flesh," Old Norse flesk "pork, bacon"), which is of uncertain origin; according to Watkins, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *flaiskjan "piece of meat torn off," from PIE *pleik- "to tear."

Of fruits from 1570s. Figurative use for "carnal nature, animal or physical nature of man" (Old English) is from the Bible, especially Paul's use of Greek sarx, and this led to sense of "sensual appetites" (c. 1200).

Flesh-wound is from 1670s; flesh-color, the hue of "Caucasian" skin, is first recorded 1610s, described as a tint composed of "a light pink with a little yellow" [O'Neill, "Dyeing," 1862]. In the flesh "in a bodily form" (1650s) originally was of Jesus (Wyclif has up the flesh, Tindale after the flesh). An Old English poetry-word for "body" was flæsc-hama, literally "flesh-home." A religious tract from 1548 has fleshling "a sensual person." Flesh-company (1520s) was an old term for "sexual intercourse."
flesh (v.): 1520s, "to render (a hunting animal) eager for prey by rewarding it with flesh from a kill," with figurative extensions, from flesh (n.). Meaning "to clothe or embody with flesh," with figurative extensions, is from 1660s. Related: Fleshed; fleshing.

同义词辨析

meat, flesh

这两个名词均含"肉"之意。

meat：是肉类的总称，指食用的肉，但不包括鱼类的肉。

flesh：主要指人体或动物身上的肌肉组织，是从生理角度着眼的。也指动物的肉食。

词组搭配

all flesh

all human and animal life

众生，人类和一切动物

go the way of all flesh

die or come to an end

死，终结

the film has gone the way of all flesh after being slated by the critics.
这部电影遭到批评家们的斥责后，从此悄无声息。

lose flesh

(archaic)become thinner

(古)变瘦，消瘦

make someone's flesh creep (或 crawl)

cause someone to feel fear, horror, or disgust

使感到害怕（或恐惧，厌恶）

his story will make your flesh creep.
他的故事会令你毛骨悚然。

one flesh

used to refer to the spiritual and physical union of two people in a relationship, especially marriage

一体（指两人精神和肉体结合关系，尤指婚姻）

my body is his, his is mine: one flesh.
我的身体是他的，他的身体是我的，我俩成为一体。

put flesh on (the bones of) something

add more details to something which only exists in a draft or outline form

为（草案，概要）充实内容

he has yet to put flesh on his ‘big idea’.
他的“伟大构思”还有待他充实具体内容。

put on flesh

put on weight

长肉，发胖

sins of the flesh

(archaic or humorous)sins related to physical indulgence, especially sexual gratification

(古或幽默)放纵；纵欲，淫荡

in the flesh

Alive.

活着的

In person; present.

亲自；到场

实用场景例句

The trap had cut deeply into the rabbit's flesh.: 捕夹深深嵌入了兔子的肉里。

Tigers are flesh-eating animals.: 虎是食肉动物。

the smell of rotting flesh: 腐肉的气味

His fingers closed around the soft flesh of her arm.: 他握住了她柔软的手臂。

flesh-coloured (= the colour of white people's skin): 白人肤色的

the pleasures/sins of the flesh: 肌肤之乐；肉欲之罪

Listening to the cries was more than flesh and blood could stand.: 听这种哭喊非常人所能忍受。

The strength of the book is that it puts flesh on the bare bones of this argument.: 本书的优点是对这个论点的基本事实有翔实的论述。

These points were fleshed out in the later parts of the speech.: 这几点在演讲的后面部分已得到充实。

He talked with him for an hour and a half, fleshing out the details of his original five-minute account...: 他和他谈了一个半小时，将自己原来5 分钟的陈述完全展开了。

He has since fleshed out his story.: 他从此使自己的故事更加丰满。

It makes my flesh creep to think of it...: 想到它就会让我毛骨悚然。

I was heading on a secret mission that made my flesh crawl.: 我正要执行一项让我心惊肉跳的秘密任务。

Charles' appeal is best observed in the flesh...: 见到查尔斯本人才最能感受到他的魅力。

The first thing viewers usually say when they see me in the flesh is 'You're smaller than you look on TV.': 观众见到我本人通常说的第一句话就是“你比电视上看上去要矮小一些。”

This is an attempt to put flesh on what has been a very bare skeleton plan up to now.: 这是一次试图使至今还只是框架的计划充实起来的尝试。

I'm only flesh and blood, like anyone else.: 我只是个凡人，和其他人一样。

...skills of a precision unmatched by any flesh and blood worker.: 世上任何工人都无法达到的精准技巧

The kid, after all, was his own flesh and blood. He deserved a second chance.: 毕竟这个孩子是他的亲骨肉，应该给他第二次机会。

Cut the flesh from the olives and discard the stones.: 把橄榄的果肉切下来，然后去除果核。

...maggots which eat away dead flesh.: 食腐肉的蛆虫

...the pale pink flesh of trout and salmon.: 淡粉色的鳟鱼和鲑鱼肉

...the warmth of her flesh.: 她肌肤的温暖

...the sins of the flesh.: 肉欲之罪