单词 | soul |
释义 | soulWord family adjectivesouledsoulfulsoullesssoul-destroyingadverbsoulfullysoullesslynounsoulfulnesssoullessnesssoul foodsoul matesoul-searchingsoul , Music Religionsoul /səʊl $ soʊl/ ●●○ S3 W3 noun → sole1 SB’s spirit 某人的灵魂 [countableC]RR the part of a person that is not physical, and that contains their character, thoughts, and feelings. Many people believe that a person’s soul continues to exist after they have died. 灵魂 → spirit the immortality of the soul 灵魂的不灭 It was as if those grey eyes could see into the very depths of her soul. 仿佛那双灰眼睛能看到她的灵魂深处。 in somebody’s soul the restlessness deep in his soul 他灵魂深处的躁动不安 the souls of the dead 亡灵 2 person 人 [countableC]PERSON/PEOPLE used in particular phrases to mean a person (一个)人 happy/sensitive/brave/simple etc soul He is really quite a sensitive soul. 他是个非常敏感的人。 not a (living) soul (=no one) 一个人也不,谁也不 I promise I won’t tell a soul. 我保证不告诉任何人。 not a soul in sight/not a soul to be seen The night was dark and still, and there was not a soul in sight. 夜又黑又静,不见一个人影。 poor (old) soul (=used to show pity for someone) 可怜的人 The poor old soul had fallen and broken her hip. 这位可怜的老太太跌了一跤,摔断了髋骨。 3 music 音乐 (also soul music) [uncountableU]APM a type of popular music that often expresses deep emotions, usually performed by black singers and musicians 灵乐 He listens to a lot of soul. 他经常听灵乐。 a soul band 灵乐乐队 4 sense of beauty 审美观 [uncountableU] a) EMOTIONALthe ability to be emotionally affected by art, music, literature etc 〔对艺术、音乐、文学等的〕审美能力 My brother thinks that anyone who doesn’t like poetry has no soul. 我哥哥认为,不喜欢诗的人都缺乏审美能力。 b) EMOTIONALthe quality that affects people emotionally, that a painting, piece of music etc can have 〔绘画、音乐作品等的〕灵魂,真情实感,内涵 Her performance was technically perfect, but it lacked soul. 她的表演在技巧上无懈可击,但缺乏真挚的情感。 5 special quality 特质 [uncountableU]CHARACTER OF something the special quality or part that gives something its true character 精神,精髓 soul of Basho’s poems capture the true soul of old Japan. 松尾芭蕉的诗歌抓住了古代日本的神髓。 6 be the soul of discretion TELL A SECRETto always be extremely careful to keep secrets 是谨守秘密的典范 Leon is the very soul of discretion. 利昂正是个谨守秘密的人。 7 be good for the soul GOOD/MORALif something is good for the soul, it is good for you and you should do it, even though it may seem unpleasant – often used humorously 对人有好处 [有益]〔常为幽默用法〕 They say that hardship is good for the soul. 都说艰难困苦对人有好处。 Examples from the Corpus be good for the soul• Confession is good for the soul, particularly when it comes from journalists, who have a notoriously difficult time admitting error.• What happened Saturday night was good for the soul.• Perhaps some teachers and others believe that, nevertheless, such practice is good for the soul!• Heat lightning was breaking outside and there was a breeze from the ocean that was good for the soul.• Which was good for the soul, but bad for knees and dignity. 8 God rest his/her soul MXDEADused when you mention the name of someone who is dead 愿上帝保佑他/她的灵魂安息〔在提到已故者的名字时说的话〕 My father, God rest his soul, died here at Vernison Hall. 我的父亲,愿上帝保佑他的灵魂安息,就是在这里——韦尔尼森庄园去世的。 9 PEOPLE IN A PLACE 某地的人们souls [plural] literary the number of souls in a place is the number of people who live there 〔某地的〕人们,人口 a village of two or three hundred souls 一个两三百人的村庄 10. bless my soul/upon my soul old-fashioned spokenSURPRISED used to express surprise 天哪/哎呀〔用于表示惊讶〕 → bare your soul at bare2(2), → be the life and soul of the party at life(16), → keep body and soul together at body(11), → heart and soul at heart1(2), → sell your soul (to the devil) at sell1Examples from the Corpus soul• In fact, there is not a soul on the streets.• Only a few brave souls ventured outdoors in Monday's storm.• Second-hand soul, funky horns, wandering blues-style vocals, all derivative life is here.• Mabel felt sure that her soul would be saved.• He knew in his soul that Linda was never going to change.• A housewife soul must metamorphose into a full-blown housewife.• A lot of local residents say the downtown area is losing its soul.• Early pub gigs garnered a devoted following, but also a reputation for privileging musicianship over soul.• In an ironically tender twist, the boorish facade turns out to conceal the soul of an artist.• The older documents tell almost nothing about concern for the souls of these Negroes.• How can one cultivate and cherish this rare fruit of the soul?• Anticipated in December and enjoyed in January, February citrus can torture the souls of tree owners. depths of ... soul• Meanwhile, Mark Hollis is happy to take Talk Talk ever further into the depths of his soul.• But the word backside outraged him to the depths of his soul.• An extremely bright young woman who cared about other people to the depths of her soul.• The current advert for the Washburn Mercury guitar revolts me to the very depths of my soul. poor (old) soul• Melody is a poor soul and I feel very sorry for her.• King Robert himself hardly counted, poor soul.• There seemed to be a cop for every fan, and only one poor soul tried to make it happen for himself.• She's just like Sarah, in Liverpool, and that poor soul Betty.• Sure, he wouldn't be killed for anything he had on him, the poor soul.• Indeed it is a testimony to the value of computers that these poor souls still continue the struggle with the machine.• Voters, poor souls, are likely to be confused.• My sister, she was an invalid, died last week, poor soul. 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