1 N-UNCOUNT 肉 Flesh is the soft part of a person's or animal's body between the bones and the skin. 肉
SYN meat, food
2 N-UNCOUNT 肉体;肌肤 You can use flesh to refer to human skin and the human body, especially when you are considering it in a sexual way. 肉体;肌肤
SYN physical nature, sensuality, physicality, carnality
3 N-UNCOUNT 果肉;蔬菜的可食部分 The flesh of a fruit or vegetable is the soft inside part of it. 果肉;蔬菜的可食部分
SYN pulp, soft part, fleshy part
4 PHRASE 血肉之躯 You use flesh and blood to emphasize that someone has human feelings or weaknesses, often when contrasting them with machines. 血肉之躯 [emphasis]
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I'm only flesh and blood, like anyone else.
我只是个凡人,和其他人一样。
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...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
5 PHRASE 亲骨肉;至亲 If you say that someone is your own flesh and blood, you are emphasizing that they are a member of your family. 亲骨肉;至亲 [emphasis]
6 PHRASE 使人反感;使毛骨悚然;使心惊肉跳 If something makes your flesh creep or makes your flesh crawl, it makes you feel disgusted, shocked or frightened. 使人反感;使毛骨悚然;使心惊肉跳
7 PHRASE 本人;真身 If you meet or see someone in the flesh, you actually meet or see them, rather than, for example, seeing them in a film or on television. 本人;真身
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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。
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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。”
SYN in person, in real life, really, actually
8 PHRASE [VERB inflects, PHRASE n] 充实;加细节于;使丰满 If you put flesh on something, you add details and more information to it. 充实;加细节于;使丰满
SYN expand, develop, expand (on), add to
9 pound of flesh→see: pound
10 PHRASAL VERB 加细节于;使丰满;充实 If you flesh out something such as a story or plan, you add details and more information to it. 加细节于;使丰满;充实
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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。
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He has since fleshed out his story.
他从此使自己的故事更加丰满。
Quotations
Bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh Bible: Genesis
I saw him now going the way of all flesh John Webster Westward Hoe
The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak Bible: St. Matthew
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