| 单词 | carnal |
| 释义 | carnalWord family nouncarnalismcarnalistcarnalityverbcarnalizeadverbcarnallyadjectivecarnal car·nal /ˈkɑːnl $ ˈkɑːrnl/ adjectiveadj formal 1 SEX/HAVE SEX WITHrelating to sex or someone’s body 性的，肉体的 carnal desires 肉欲 2. carnal knowledge/relations formal sexual activity 性交 Examples from the Corpus carnal knowledge/relations• It is the threesome of snake, Eve, and Adam which, according to the Bible, makes for carnal knowledge.• The fruit was carnal knowledge, and everybody from Thomas Aquinas to Milton knew it.• But carnal knowledge sours his relationship with his clients, and paradise is lost. —carnally adverbadv Examples from the Corpus carnal• It is notable primarily for its lack of carnal interest.• The fruit was carnal knowledge, and everybody from Thomas Aquinas to Milton knew it.• In the end she opts for the serious, renounces carnal love, and decides to become a Catholic.• She knew what loving meant perhaps, but little of violence and carnal needs.• I thought about carnal pleasure, and looked around and felt certain that something cataclysmic was well on its way.• But not, he swears, in a carnal sense.• He had had to confess his carnal thoughts to Father Devlin and had been severely censured. (1400-1500) Late Latin carnalis, from Latin caro “flesh” |
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