n.
    
      - (人,動物的)身體;肉體[C]
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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)]
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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)]
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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]
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It is an important commercial 
body.
那是個重要的商業團體。
 
      - 物體;天體[C]
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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]
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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
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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
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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
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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.