n.
- (人,動物的)身體;肉體[C]
Bennie lay under the big tree with his whole
body feeling as if it were on fire.
本尼躺在那棵大樹下,全身彷彿像是在火上烤似的。
- (除頭,肢,尾以外的)軀幹,主體[C]
- (文章,書籍等的)正文;主要部分[the S][(+of)]
Apart from the
body of the book there are three informative appendices.
除正文外,該書還有三個資料豐富的附錄。
- 大量;許多[C][(+of)]
There is a growing
body of evidence to prove him guilty of the crime.
有越來越多的證據表明他犯有此罪。
- 團體;組織;法人[C]
It is an important commercial
body.
那是個重要的商業團體。
- 物體;天體[C]
The sun, moon, stars, etc. are celestial
bodies.
太陽、月亮、星星等都是天體。
- 物體的主幹部分;車身;船身;機身[C]
- (酒的)強度;(油料等的)稠度,黏性[U]
- 【古】【口】人(尤指女人)[C]
- (人,動物等的)屍體[C]
His
body was buried in his hometown.
他的遺體被安葬在他的故鄉。
- 緊身衣
vt.
- 賦……以形體
- 增加(油料等的)稠度,使有黏性
片語
body and soul
- 全心全意地;全身心地
She threw herself
body and soul into her work.
她全身心地投入她的工作。
in a body
- 全體一致地
The workers went
in a body to see their employer.
工人們一起來見僱主。
keep body and soul together
- 勉強活下去
She hardly eats enough to
keep body and soul together.
她沒有足夠的食物來維持生命。
辨析
n.
(pl. bodies)
- the physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or animal.
▸the trunk apart from the head and the limbs.
▸a corpse.
▸informal, dated a person.
- the main or central part of something:
the main body of the text.
▸a mass or collection:
a large body of water.
- an organized group of people with a common function:
a regulatory body.
- technical a material object.
- a full flavour in wine.
▸fullness of a person's hair.
- Brit. a woman's close-fitting stretch garment for the upper body, usually fastening at the crotch.
v.
(bodies, bodying, bodied)
(
body something forth)
formal give material form to something abstract.
Phrase
- in a body
as a group. - keep body and soul together
stay alive in difficult circumstances. - over my dead body
informal used to express strong opposition.
Derivative
Etymology
OE bodig, of unknown origin.