Definition of flesh in English:

flesh

noun flɛʃflɛʃ

mass noun

1The soft substance consisting of muscle and fat that is found between the skin and bones of a human or an animal.
肉
she grabbed Anna's arm, her fingers sinking into the flesh
她抓住安娜的胳膊，手指陷进肉里。
Example sentencesExamples
- And where there was once an appealing covering of soft flesh, there was now hard bone.
- Jim felt the pulsing of the sun as its heat, magnified by the window it was pouring through, met with soft flesh and willing muscle.
- He reached out and grabbed his wife's shoulder here, pushing his fingers into the soft crevice of flesh over bone.
- Deeper in the dark glade, there are bones, countless bones, scraps of flesh and skin, cloth, and bodies.
- He believed that the ‘changeover’ from animal to human flesh was most often accidental.
- I'm kind of pleased that I can feel some soft flesh there on his tummy, over the rock-solid muscle.
- However mostly in these classes I am trying to achieve a sense of flesh and bones, weightiness or muscle structure.
- Yet the end result, after removing bone, muscle and flesh, was incredibly attractive.
- What do you imagine will happen when Jesus raises us all from the dead, putting muscle and flesh on dry bare bones?
- I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - I might even be said to possess a mind.
- Pieces of skin, flesh, bone falling to the ground in flakes of dust.
- His blade homed in, sinking into flesh and grating past bone.
- The two went down in a clash of flesh and muscle and bone, the two ripping at each other for every opening possible.
- The murderous roar mocked their fragile armor of skin, flesh, bones.
- The spirit of psychoanalysis is not confined to the skin, flesh, bones and marrow of psychoanalysis, but it is also not apart from them.
- Then the skeletons, stubborn bits of flesh and muscle still clinging to the bones, move on to the bug room.
- A second later he bit down and allowed his fangs to sink into my soft flesh.
- The blade cut through bones and skin and flesh, and slashed the ground as it cut through.
Synonyms
muscle, tissue, muscle tissue, meat, brawn
informal beef
1. 1.1 The flesh of an animal, regarded as food.
  （食用）动物肉，鱼肉
  the food an animal eats will affect the taste and texture of its flesh
  Example sentencesExamples
  Its sweet, delicate, flaky flesh makes this fish a prize catch.
  Lake sturgeon have been fished for their flesh and their oil as well as for their caviar.
  Glamorgan sausages contain neither flesh nor fish nor fowl, but cheese and leeks.
  After that time, you can take a peek, and check delicately that the fish flesh flakes easily.
  Leading up to Easter is Lent, a period of penance lasting forty days during which only one meal a day was allowed and flesh and fish were forbidden.
  Use grilled, roasted or steamed vegetables, minced lamb, beef, pork or chicken, and the cooked or raw flesh of almost any fish.
  The term ‘vegetarian’ has only been around for about 150 years but abstinence from flesh, fish and fowl is as old as man himself.
  Sea bass is a silvery grey fish with succulent white flesh.
  Flatfish flesh changes as the fish begin to roe at this time, the consequence being that the fish are thinner and softer, and not good to cook.
  We wanted to find out exactly what type of methylmercury was present in fish flesh.
  The fish is famous for its tender and tasty flesh.
  The central part of this dish is tilapia, a fresh water fish with white flesh and a flaky texture.
  Small black spots, resembling ground pepper flakes, are visible in the fish flesh.
  A ‘vegetarian’ is a person who does not eat meat, fish, foul or any food derived from the flesh of animals.
  As of today, I am no longer eating fish, since the smell in my kitchen reminds me that fish is flesh.
  Place the dried flesh in a food processor and add the lemon juice, yoghurt, dill and oil.
  The excitement over, the fish gutted and flesh drying on deck, everyone returned to rest.
  Morays then eat these fish and their flesh becomes toxic.
  The effects of tetrodotoxin are well documented in Japan, where the highly prized dish fugu is prepared from the raw flesh of the puffer fish.
  The caviar is cleaned to prevent spoilage and then packed up; the rest of the fish is sold for flesh.
  Synonyms
  meat
2. 1.2 The edible pulpy part of a fruit or vegetable.
  halve the avocados and scrape out the flesh
  将鳄梨切开，挖出果肉。
  Example sentencesExamples
  At each harvest the fresh weight and dry matter content of fruit flesh and stones were measured after peeling and stoning.
  The dark background provides an effective relief for the juicy white flesh of the mangosteen fruit.
  In fact, the creamy white flesh is barely edible; it's tasteless and slimy.
  The flesh contains tiny, edible seeds and you can even eat the skin.
  Honey locust trees did have a kind of fruit, a pod that contained sweet flesh, edible pulp.
  She peeled back the cucumber's skin in long strips, watching as green exposed the naked, white vegetable flesh.
  Cracks in sweet cherry fruits are shallow or deep oblong wounds in the fruit flesh.
  Place the pepper flesh with the nuts, basil, garlic and cheese in a food processor and whizz.
  Put the onions, garlic, aubergine flesh, the lemon juice and seasoning into a food processor and whiz until it begins to become a purée.
  If you timed it right you could spend a good part of the day out of the sun with cool pulpy grape flesh oozing between your toes.
  The ripe, red, pulpy flesh of the melons stands in with sickening authenticity for the wasted tissue of the bodies of the wounded men.
  It has a core or seed of truth, but no flesh of the fruit.
  The white flesh of the fruit consists of numerous segments, mostly seedless.
  The thick flesh makes the fruit suitable for stuffing and baking.
  Bright flies were embedded in the stringy pulp, the glistening flesh of the fruit.
  Cut a ripe kiwi fruit in half and squeeze it over the squid, letting both the juice and flesh of the fruit drop into the bowl.
  The yellow or pinkish flesh contains edible, crunchy little seeds.
  She hadn't felt hungry before, but her stomach quaked in defiance to its emptiness as her eyes touched the fruit's flawless red flesh.
  The lower oil content of the fruit flesh confers a slightly watery, almost sweet taste not found in the other two botanical races.
  Removing the stalk would create openings in the skin of the fruit, enabling the chemical to contaminate the fruit's flesh.
  Synonyms
  pulp, soft part, fleshy part, marrow, meat
3. 1.3 The skin or surface of the human body with reference to its appearance or sensory properties.
  （就颜色、外观或感觉特性而言的）皮肤，体表
  she gasped as the cold water hit her flesh
  当冷水触击她皮肤时，她倒抽了一口冷气。
  Example sentencesExamples
  That was the sensation as flesh met flesh, as her body pressed into his and then the contact was gone.
  She trembled and shuddered against his body, the cold flesh felt through the tunic that he wore.
  This self-tanner for the body gives even lily-white flesh like mine a healthy shimmery glow.
  His eroticism and his understanding of the female form urged him to include more surfaces of flesh than can be seen from one point of view…
  The otter swam around her barely clothed body and tickled her flesh.
  I felt his lips graze the tender flesh of my neck.
  He was painfully aware of his bare flesh as bodies pressed around him once more.
  There was the sound of flesh hitting other flesh and a body falling to the ground.
  This Skin Firming Moisturiser with seaweed extract and caffeine promises to firm up flabby flesh and reduce the appearance of cellulite.
  His skin had felt deliciously cool against her heated flesh as his hard body moved against hers.
  No flesh from their bodies showed, it was all bronze armor.
4. 1.4the flesh The human body and its physical needs and desires, especially as contrasted with the mind or the soul.
  肉体，肉体需求（尤指与精神或灵魂相对）
  I have never been one to deny the pleasures of the flesh
  我从来都不是否认肉体乐趣的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  You enjoy luxury, sensuality, and pleasures of the flesh.
  The old man once walked in trespasses and sins according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind.
  When not reminded, he did not miss the pleasures of the flesh much.
  Being at home with three children (two still ill) means evenings are given over entirely to pleasures of the flesh.
  I hereby renounce all desires of the flesh, especially ones that involve spatulas.
  ‘Death takes the flesh, but the soul lives on, for that part of you is eternal’, he taught the woman.
  Human nature urges us to satisfy the natural desires of the flesh.
  In contrast to the previous evening the pleasures of the flesh were much in evidence.
  At the same time his work celebrated (under the cover of classical mythology) the sensuous pleasures of the flesh.
  Or the very kind of conflict between the flesh and the soul, was something they believed, and so you would believe it too.
  With crew members leading a lonely existence and having to stay away from their family for days together, they are tempted to give in to the pleasures of the flesh.
  In the major part of his teaching he clearly says the flesh is only the physical body, and it is the body which is the ‘seat of sin’.
  Synonyms
  the body, the human body, human nature, man's physical nature, physicality, corporeality, carnality, animality
  sensuality, sensualism, sexuality
5. 1.5 A light brownish pink colour.
  acrylic paints in flesh, red, and pink
  Example sentencesExamples
  I find colourizing an area in a flesh colour is often insufficient.
  As a side effect, the flesh tones look a few shades too ruddy.

verb flɛʃflɛʃ

1flesh something outno object Put weight on.
长肉，发胖
he had fleshed out to a solid 220 pounds
他发福到足有220磅重。
Example sentencesExamples
- However, in the previous months, Terri had gained a little weight, the hollows of her face and her neck fleshing out.
- As his body has filled out, his personality has fleshed out with it.
Synonyms
put on weight, gain weight, get heavier, grow fat/fatter, fatten up, get fat, fill out
thicken, widen, broaden, expand, spread out
1. 1.1flesh something outwith object Add more details to something which only exists in a draft or outline form.
  充实（草案，概要）
  the arguments were fleshed out by the minister
  部长对论点加以了充实完善。
  Example sentencesExamples
  During the previous three years, little bits and pieces of the characters were fleshed out and expanded beyond simple, one-dimensional characters.
  I think I was under the impression that I was going to come back to it and flesh it out in more detail.
  Now a survey detailing ground levels, boundaries and drainage will be carried out so that outline plans can be fleshed out in to detailed designs.
  Changes are natural and inevitable as the proposal is fleshed out; they can improve and strengthen the plan without affecting its integrity.
  Penn does a marvelous job in fleshing out the little idiosyncratic elements of his character.
  Biography fleshes out the daily realities of living as aliens in your own land and provides insight into indigenous history over the entire 20th century.
  She relays these stories, and fleshes out what she has discovered about her family, by going back to old records, and travelling across Canada to conduct research.
  While the investigator fleshes out the complex, engaging character of the woman, the film draws out the equally complex and engaging character of the detective.
  Questions remain as to how exactly this will be done as the Home Office shied away from fleshing out the detail yesterday.
  Further details of the move will be fleshed out at a press conference today.
  As a director he fleshes out his own screenplays with lights, cameras and action, but any shooting script is a bare-bones, incomplete thing.
  I hope that fleshing out the mystique hasn't detracted at all from its allure.
  I'm fleshing out characters at the moment, and their individual storylines are coming together quite nicely.
  We've worked really hard at fleshing out the past of the character without giving away too much, and have put all the dream memories in chronological order.
  However, as his campaign has been fleshed out and his positions, strategic instincts and political ability have become clear, I am even more enthusiastic about him.
  The story of their romance is not fleshed out very well.
  Only in a few instances does he flesh his observations out in detail.
  So, for four hours she sat thinking about Harry and fleshing out all the characters in the book.
  But until he fleshes out his one-page sketch, I, for one, cannot see what else he can mean by a ‘top down’ approach to economic management.
  It refutes clichés by making them specific and adding details, fleshing them out into their own incidents.
  Synonyms
  expand (on), elaborate on, add to, build on, add flesh to, put flesh on (the bones of), add detail to, expatiate on, supplement, reinforce, augment, extend, broaden, develop, fill out, enlarge on, embellish, embroider, enhance, amplify, refine, improve, polish, perfect
2with object Stimulate (a hound or hawk) to hunt by feeding it a piece of flesh from a recently killed animal.
I have fleshed my bloodhound
1. 2.1literary Accustom to bloodshed or warfare.
  〈诗/文〉激起…的杀性，使投入血战
  he fleshed his troops with enterprises against the enemy's posts
  他放手让部队冒险攻打敌军驻地来激起他们的作战欲望。
3often as noun fleshingwith object Remove the flesh adhering to (a skin or hide)
刮掉（皮上的）肉
after fleshing, the hide is soaked again

Phrases

all flesh

All human and animal life.
众生（指人类和一切动物）
Example sentencesExamples
- And the LORD said in His heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- ‘for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof’ (Leviticus 17: 14 KJV)
- Most surely old age is a disappointment if we have clung to this world as our highest good; for life is short, all flesh is as grass, all glory of man as the flower.
- The bluebottle, Calliphora vomitoria, comes from the vanitas tradition in painting, of including a telling detail such as a worm eaten apple or a falling rose, as a reminder that all flesh is grass.
- And all flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.
- As for the dirt, I was always under the impression that all flesh tastes the same to demons.
- Against a culture that is set against nature and renders all flesh meaningless, the Mother of God is still able to proclaim God's presence within the blood and the milk, the cells and the atoms, of the material creation.
- ‘I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest’.
- It goes on to say, ‘Blessed are You, Lord, Who heals all flesh and acts wondrously.’
- Toscanini conducts with an iron grip on proceedings with the massive ‘Behold, all flesh is as the grass’ sounding pretty foreboding and penetrating at the same time.
- Besides, in Genesis 9, God promised that He would never again send a flood to destroy all flesh and cover the earth - the rainbow being the sign of that promise.
- And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
- And the Lord spoke to Noah and said, ‘In one year, I am going to make it rain and cover the whole earth with water until all flesh is destroyed.’
- But there's that fourth dimension, time, and on that fourth dimensional axis, all flesh is one, it's all connected.
- From new moon to new moon, and from sabbath to sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, says the LORD.
- The glory of God will be revealed, and all flesh together will see that the mouth of God has spoken.
- If chance be the Father of all flesh, disaster is his rainbow in the sky
- No manuscripts could possibly have been found, even were they buried far beneath the rubble, for it was obvious that a tremendous heat had once suffused the entire region, one that would have consumed all flesh and wood and leather.
- In the incarnation we learn of the love of God for his creation; in the crucifixion we learn of the judgement of God upon all flesh; and in the resurrection we learn of God's will for a new world.
- They were, we are, all flesh, and then we are all meat.

go the way of all flesh

Die or come to an end.
死，终结
the film has gone the way of all flesh after being slated by the critics
这部电影遭到批评家们的抨击后，从此悄无声息。
Example sentencesExamples
- Well, another year is going the way of all flesh, but never fear, another, brand new one is on the way.
- Few are rewarded with true freedom in this way; most go the way of all flesh in the ruthless killing sprees that usually follow a successful revolution.
- When we go the way of all flesh, we should request not to be buried with boots.
- His second marriage also went the way of all flesh.
- From time to time they will crash not predictably but randomly, like a flood or a bad harvest- and your data will go the way of all flesh.
- My iPod went the way of all flesh (and has successfully been brought back to life).
- When published, they create a sudden stir, remain best-sellers for a few weeks and then go down the way of all flesh.
- For years I made do with a tape copy after the original vinyl went the way of all flesh.
- Hopes have been consistently dashed as companies that betokened efforts to compete with Hollywood went the way of all flesh.
- And in fact that was almost certainly why it went the way of all flesh.
Synonyms
pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx

in the flesh

In person or (of a thing) in its actual state.
they decided that they should meet Alexander in the flesh
他们决定应该见见亚历山大本人。
Example sentencesExamples
- Reminds me though, I once had a lunch with a blind colleague whom I'd spoken to on the phone a lot but not met in the flesh before.
- Some television personalities look more ordinary when you meet them in the flesh.
- Not only does he not want journalists to meet people in the flesh, he will actively discourage them from doing any such thing.
- I can't banish the thought that people would only be disappointed to meet me in the flesh.
- What could be better than having the raunchy Anastacia live and in the flesh?
- There are stacks of people who have e-mailed me or commented over the last year or so who I would love to meet in the flesh.
- My friends use it, my family use it, there are people I've known for years in the flesh who know me by no other tag.
- The plan is that gamers will have a chance to meet and talk in the flesh, as well as play each other online.
- It was a splendid reminder of just how great live music is and how much better Quo are in the flesh.
- At any rate, it turns out that I have recently met another blogger, in the flesh.
- It's very tough to make real judgments about people if you don't see them in the flesh.
- Anyone who met him in the flesh will know what an inspiring character he was.
- Blackburn Rovers fans can meet one of their heroes in the flesh at a special signing session this afternoon.
- He knew as much about angels as the next person, but he'd never met one in the flesh, as it were.
- Then they see me in the flesh and think I have lost too much weight.
- The Fan Faire was a rare opportunity for them to meet in the flesh.
- I never saw him in the flesh, but I saw him on the TV on countless occasions.
- When he meets her again in the flesh on a car park after a gig he discovers she is in fact a ghost who has been dead for 300 years.
- She also knows all the words to his songs, to meet him in the flesh.
- She is a fascinating, beguiling woman who I feel very privileged to have met in the flesh.
Synonyms
in person, before one's eyes, in front of one, before one's very eyes, in one's presence

lose flesh

archaic Become thinner.
〈古〉变瘦，消瘦
Example sentencesExamples
- And by squeezing out successively higher rungs of the lower and middle classes, our city's own public life loses flesh.

make someone's flesh crawl (or creep)

Cause someone to experience an uncomfortable sensation of horror or disgust.
使感到害怕（或恐惧，厌恶）
I'd forgotten how much he makes my flesh crawl
Example sentencesExamples
- I don't know about you but it made my flesh crawl.
- His object, between now and May 5, is to make the nation 's flesh creep.
- It is the first business book that has made my flesh crawl, not because of some macabre metaphor, but because of the theory.
- Ashes that used to be paper were spread all over the riveted metal floor, which was rusted beyond recognition, warped, misshapen, scattered with overturned furniture remains, and made our flesh crawl.
- The way that the screeching jump also has sounds of a whip or a rope moving quickly through the air made my flesh crawl.
- Just the thought of his fingers on her skin made her flesh crawl, and she hoped that she would never meet him again.
- Even in a movie with basically no dialogue, she made my flesh crawl.
- His hands were an unearthly cold that made her flesh crawl.
- Something about either the cover or the description on the packaging made my flesh crawl.
- The film effectively disturbed me in places, while its effects succeeded in making my flesh crawl here and there.

one flesh

Used to refer to the spiritual and physical union of two people in a relationship, especially marriage.
一体（指两人精神和肉体的结合关系，尤指婚姻）
my body is his, his is mine: one flesh
我的身体是他的，他的身体是我的，我俩成为一体。
Example sentencesExamples
- So I talked about Eve being made from Adam, thus being one flesh and the basis of marriage/family, as Jesus taught.
- But we must remember the Lord's stress that marriage is the union of one flesh.
- Some students will readily conclude that this rule of law rejects the biblical view of marriage as two in one flesh and the family as an integrated moral unit.
- As St. Paul wrote, ‘The two shall become one flesh,’ indicating that in a true and complete marriage absolutely nothing is held back from one's spouse.
- Man and wife, by their marriage union, become one flesh; Christ and true believers, by this union, become one spirit.
- God likens this to the marriage relationship where two people become one flesh.
- The Bible than says, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.’
- Children express the two in one flesh of marriage.
- In a typically vivid image, Taylor summarizes his view that in the one flesh of marriage the differences between man and woman are almost overcome.
- I believe many marriages fail because people pull in their own directions, and not as the one flesh God says they are.

put flesh on (the bones of) something

Add more details to something.
he has yet to put flesh on his ‘big idea’
他的“伟大构思”还有待他充实具体内容。
Example sentencesExamples
- It was one of those pieces of legislation - a policy which was introduced very quickly, and we are now putting flesh on the bones of that particular policy.
- Much more scholarly research will need to be carried out to put flesh on the bones of this theory.
- The National Museum of Scotland is putting flesh on the bones of the tale this summer, with a major exhibition that looks at both the family's public and private life.
- Even so, it puts flesh on the frail bones of his Utopia.
- The bias is historical, the anecdotes putting flesh on the raw bones of the past.
- With that in mind, Mr Prescott was putting flesh on the bones of devolution proposals for those in commerce, trade, manufacturing and business.
- Peter Connolly of the Gallery Café puts flesh on the bones of that notion of difference.
- But this powerful novel forces the reader on board, putting flesh on the bare bones of that well-known story.
- There were a lot of details left to be sorted out to put flesh on the bones.
- The play puts flesh on the bones of these divergent characters, as differences in social status gradually yielded to grudging admiration.
Synonyms
expand, expand on, elaborate on, add to, build on, add flesh to, flesh out, add detail to, expatiate on, supplement, reinforce, augment, extend, broaden, develop, fill out, enlarge on, embellish, embroider, enhance, amplify, refine, improve, polish, perfect

put on flesh
长肉，发胖

Put on weight.
长肉，发胖
Example sentencesExamples
- Confined to factory farms and genetically manipulated so that they put on flesh fast, their legs and hearts get so heavy in a few weeks that they can barely move to reach for food and water.
- The hope is, however, that this skeleton will put on flesh as time goes by.

sins of the flesh

humorous, archaic Sins related to physical indulgence, especially sexual gratification.
〈古或幽默〉放纵；纵欲，淫荡
Example sentencesExamples
- But a PR sweetie of my acquaintance, based in North Yorkshire, is suffering from the amazing safeguards imposed by her employers to protect the world from the sins of the flesh.
- He absorbs the corruption, the filth, the sins of the flesh, the manager giving him orders now drunk at the bar with his arms around two giggling blondes.
- It was seen as a blissful cornucopia of earthly blessings, easily accessible high-quality sins of the flesh, and delights of the spirit.
- The trouble was that despite being in holy orders they were easily tempted by the sins of the flesh.
- That's what the aristocrats of 18 th-century Venice did when they celebrated Carnevale, their last chance to indulge the sins of the flesh before Lent.
- The cross of Christ dealt with us, and the sins of the flesh, and the life of Christ is made available to indwell, rebuild and empower us.
- The Church is not only about forbidding the use of contraception and warning against the sins of the flesh.
- He was known as the epitome of arrogance, a man with the highest regard for his own art, an iron will and a taste for what St Peter would regard as the sins of the flesh.
- The sins of the flesh - lust and gluttony - thus ‘devour the whole man’ like a monstrous mouth, so that the sinner's body is assimilated to that of the monstrous Behemoth.
- It's a city that has depended on sins of the flesh for its economic lifeblood (the bars, the casinos, the strip joints), but it is also a city that confesses its sins.

Derivatives

fleshless

adjective ˈflɛʃ(ə)ləsˈflɛʃləs

But their victory celebration proved to be somewhat premature when a fleshless fist collided with Rita's head knocking her to the ground.
Example sentencesExamples
- The face and hands of the first were by now fleshless, but from the possessions in the pockets Trelawney was able to tell that the body was undoubtedly that of Shelley.
- At the hour of dinner, ‘the chops of the learned professor watered with expectation when, lo! to his disappointment and horror, the fleshless skull was presented’.
- Scientists who become infected with the virus are transformed into slavering cannibals, with the Doberman guard dogs reborn as fleshless hounds from hell.
- To compensate for his size, he instead had the looks of a necromancer, with a fleshless bony body that held a few rotting strands of skin onto it.
- The other one, Ravi, was very thin, almost fleshless and mentally weak.
- Cronyn is an inimitable professional, but her Virginia is disappointingly virtuous and fleshless.
- Buried in shallow trenches, the fleshless skeletons were exhumed right after the war.
- But the narrator is so unsympathetic, so blank and fleshless, that it's hard to feel engaged by her story, unless by the freak-show details.
- Seen straight on, with his bald, skull-like head, wasp waist and fleshless body, he appears graceless and impassive, too frail to survive; his limbs appear too thin to bear the weight of his head and torso.

Origin

Old English flǣsc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlees and German Fleisch.

The most tangible part of the human body is flesh, and since the Middle Ages people have described their children, brothers, sisters, and other family members as their own flesh and blood. In the Book of Genesis God takes out one of Adam's ribs when he was sleeping, and made it into a woman, Eve. Adam said, ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’ To go the way of all flesh is to die. It is from a 17th-century English translation of the Bible, which in most bibles is rendered as ‘Go the way of all the earth’. Fleshpots (early 16th century), ‘places providing luxurious living’, also come from the Bible, in which they are literally pots in which meat is boiled. In the book of Exodus, when the Israelites are making their laborious way through the desert after their escape from Egypt, they lament, ‘Would to God that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full.’

Rhymes

afresh, Andhra Pradesh, Bangladesh, crème fraîche, enmesh, fresh, intermesh, Kesh, Madhya Pradesh, Marrakesh, mesh, nesh, thresh, Uttar Pradesh

Definition of flesh in US English:

flesh

nounflɛʃfleSH

1The soft substance consisting of muscle and fat that is found between the skin and bones of an animal or a human.
肉
she grabbed Anna's arm, her fingers sinking into the flesh
她抓住安娜的胳膊，手指陷进肉里。
Example sentencesExamples
- What do you imagine will happen when Jesus raises us all from the dead, putting muscle and flesh on dry bare bones?
- He believed that the ‘changeover’ from animal to human flesh was most often accidental.
- I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - I might even be said to possess a mind.
- He reached out and grabbed his wife's shoulder here, pushing his fingers into the soft crevice of flesh over bone.
- Then the skeletons, stubborn bits of flesh and muscle still clinging to the bones, move on to the bug room.
- I'm kind of pleased that I can feel some soft flesh there on his tummy, over the rock-solid muscle.
- Jim felt the pulsing of the sun as its heat, magnified by the window it was pouring through, met with soft flesh and willing muscle.
- The spirit of psychoanalysis is not confined to the skin, flesh, bones and marrow of psychoanalysis, but it is also not apart from them.
- A second later he bit down and allowed his fangs to sink into my soft flesh.
- Deeper in the dark glade, there are bones, countless bones, scraps of flesh and skin, cloth, and bodies.
- The two went down in a clash of flesh and muscle and bone, the two ripping at each other for every opening possible.
- And where there was once an appealing covering of soft flesh, there was now hard bone.
- His blade homed in, sinking into flesh and grating past bone.
- The blade cut through bones and skin and flesh, and slashed the ground as it cut through.
- However mostly in these classes I am trying to achieve a sense of flesh and bones, weightiness or muscle structure.
- The murderous roar mocked their fragile armor of skin, flesh, bones.
- Yet the end result, after removing bone, muscle and flesh, was incredibly attractive.
- Pieces of skin, flesh, bone falling to the ground in flakes of dust.
Synonyms
muscle, tissue, muscle tissue, meat, brawn
1. 1.1 The flesh of an animal, regarded as food.
  （食用）动物肉，鱼肉
  the food an animal eats will affect the taste and texture of its flesh
  in combination a flesh-eater
  Example sentencesExamples
  Place the dried flesh in a food processor and add the lemon juice, yoghurt, dill and oil.
  The excitement over, the fish gutted and flesh drying on deck, everyone returned to rest.
  The fish is famous for its tender and tasty flesh.
  The effects of tetrodotoxin are well documented in Japan, where the highly prized dish fugu is prepared from the raw flesh of the puffer fish.
  After that time, you can take a peek, and check delicately that the fish flesh flakes easily.
  Flatfish flesh changes as the fish begin to roe at this time, the consequence being that the fish are thinner and softer, and not good to cook.
  Morays then eat these fish and their flesh becomes toxic.
  Sea bass is a silvery grey fish with succulent white flesh.
  As of today, I am no longer eating fish, since the smell in my kitchen reminds me that fish is flesh.
  Lake sturgeon have been fished for their flesh and their oil as well as for their caviar.
  Leading up to Easter is Lent, a period of penance lasting forty days during which only one meal a day was allowed and flesh and fish were forbidden.
  The central part of this dish is tilapia, a fresh water fish with white flesh and a flaky texture.
  We wanted to find out exactly what type of methylmercury was present in fish flesh.
  A ‘vegetarian’ is a person who does not eat meat, fish, foul or any food derived from the flesh of animals.
  Small black spots, resembling ground pepper flakes, are visible in the fish flesh.
  The term ‘vegetarian’ has only been around for about 150 years but abstinence from flesh, fish and fowl is as old as man himself.
  The caviar is cleaned to prevent spoilage and then packed up; the rest of the fish is sold for flesh.
  Glamorgan sausages contain neither flesh nor fish nor fowl, but cheese and leeks.
  Its sweet, delicate, flaky flesh makes this fish a prize catch.
  Use grilled, roasted or steamed vegetables, minced lamb, beef, pork or chicken, and the cooked or raw flesh of almost any fish.
  Synonyms
  meat
2. 1.2 The pulpy substance of a fruit or vegetable, especially the part that is eaten.
  果肉，蔬菜嫩部（尤指可吃部分）
  halve the avocados and scrape out the flesh
  将鳄梨切开，挖出果肉。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The ripe, red, pulpy flesh of the melons stands in with sickening authenticity for the wasted tissue of the bodies of the wounded men.
  It has a core or seed of truth, but no flesh of the fruit.
  She peeled back the cucumber's skin in long strips, watching as green exposed the naked, white vegetable flesh.
  Bright flies were embedded in the stringy pulp, the glistening flesh of the fruit.
  The dark background provides an effective relief for the juicy white flesh of the mangosteen fruit.
  The white flesh of the fruit consists of numerous segments, mostly seedless.
  Cracks in sweet cherry fruits are shallow or deep oblong wounds in the fruit flesh.
  Cut a ripe kiwi fruit in half and squeeze it over the squid, letting both the juice and flesh of the fruit drop into the bowl.
  Removing the stalk would create openings in the skin of the fruit, enabling the chemical to contaminate the fruit's flesh.
  At each harvest the fresh weight and dry matter content of fruit flesh and stones were measured after peeling and stoning.
  The yellow or pinkish flesh contains edible, crunchy little seeds.
  She hadn't felt hungry before, but her stomach quaked in defiance to its emptiness as her eyes touched the fruit's flawless red flesh.
  The thick flesh makes the fruit suitable for stuffing and baking.
  If you timed it right you could spend a good part of the day out of the sun with cool pulpy grape flesh oozing between your toes.
  In fact, the creamy white flesh is barely edible; it's tasteless and slimy.
  The lower oil content of the fruit flesh confers a slightly watery, almost sweet taste not found in the other two botanical races.
  Honey locust trees did have a kind of fruit, a pod that contained sweet flesh, edible pulp.
  The flesh contains tiny, edible seeds and you can even eat the skin.
  Put the onions, garlic, aubergine flesh, the lemon juice and seasoning into a food processor and whiz until it begins to become a purée.
  Place the pepper flesh with the nuts, basil, garlic and cheese in a food processor and whizz.
  Synonyms
  pulp, soft part, fleshy part, marrow, meat
3. 1.3 The skin or surface of the human body with reference to its color, appearance, or sensual properties.
  （就颜色、外观或感觉特性而言的）皮肤，体表
  she gasped as the cold water hit her flesh
  当冷水触击她皮肤时，她倒抽了一口冷气。
  Example sentencesExamples
  This self-tanner for the body gives even lily-white flesh like mine a healthy shimmery glow.
  There was the sound of flesh hitting other flesh and a body falling to the ground.
  No flesh from their bodies showed, it was all bronze armor.
  This Skin Firming Moisturiser with seaweed extract and caffeine promises to firm up flabby flesh and reduce the appearance of cellulite.
  He was painfully aware of his bare flesh as bodies pressed around him once more.
  The otter swam around her barely clothed body and tickled her flesh.
  She trembled and shuddered against his body, the cold flesh felt through the tunic that he wore.
  His eroticism and his understanding of the female form urged him to include more surfaces of flesh than can be seen from one point of view…
  His skin had felt deliciously cool against her heated flesh as his hard body moved against hers.
  That was the sensation as flesh met flesh, as her body pressed into his and then the contact was gone.
  I felt his lips graze the tender flesh of my neck.
4. 1.4the flesh The human body and its physical needs and desires, especially as contrasted with the mind or the soul.
  肉体，肉体需求（尤指与精神或灵魂相对）
  I have never been one to deny the pleasures of the flesh
  我从来都不是否认肉体乐趣的人。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Or the very kind of conflict between the flesh and the soul, was something they believed, and so you would believe it too.
  Being at home with three children (two still ill) means evenings are given over entirely to pleasures of the flesh.
  You enjoy luxury, sensuality, and pleasures of the flesh.
  In contrast to the previous evening the pleasures of the flesh were much in evidence.
  ‘Death takes the flesh, but the soul lives on, for that part of you is eternal’, he taught the woman.
  Human nature urges us to satisfy the natural desires of the flesh.
  At the same time his work celebrated (under the cover of classical mythology) the sensuous pleasures of the flesh.
  In the major part of his teaching he clearly says the flesh is only the physical body, and it is the body which is the ‘seat of sin’.
  With crew members leading a lonely existence and having to stay away from their family for days together, they are tempted to give in to the pleasures of the flesh.
  When not reminded, he did not miss the pleasures of the flesh much.
  The old man once walked in trespasses and sins according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind.
  I hereby renounce all desires of the flesh, especially ones that involve spatulas.
  Synonyms
  the body, the human body, human nature, man's physical nature, physicality, corporeality, carnality, animality
5. 1.5 A light brownish pink colour.
  acrylic paints in flesh, red, and pink
  Example sentencesExamples
  As a side effect, the flesh tones look a few shades too ruddy.
  I find colourizing an area in a flesh colour is often insufficient.

verbflɛʃfleSH

1flesh something outno object Put weight on.
长肉，发胖
he had fleshed out to a solid 220 pounds
他发福到足有220磅重。
Example sentencesExamples
- However, in the previous months, Terri had gained a little weight, the hollows of her face and her neck fleshing out.
- As his body has filled out, his personality has fleshed out with it.
Synonyms
put on weight, gain weight, get heavier, grow fat, grow fatter, fatten up, get fat, fill out
1. 1.1flesh something outwith object Add more details to something that exists only in a draft or outline form.
  充实（草案，概要）
  the theorists have fleshed out a variety of scenarios
  Example sentencesExamples
  So, for four hours she sat thinking about Harry and fleshing out all the characters in the book.
  As a director he fleshes out his own screenplays with lights, cameras and action, but any shooting script is a bare-bones, incomplete thing.
  Questions remain as to how exactly this will be done as the Home Office shied away from fleshing out the detail yesterday.
  I'm fleshing out characters at the moment, and their individual storylines are coming together quite nicely.
  Biography fleshes out the daily realities of living as aliens in your own land and provides insight into indigenous history over the entire 20th century.
  But until he fleshes out his one-page sketch, I, for one, cannot see what else he can mean by a ‘top down’ approach to economic management.
  Further details of the move will be fleshed out at a press conference today.
  While the investigator fleshes out the complex, engaging character of the woman, the film draws out the equally complex and engaging character of the detective.
  Only in a few instances does he flesh his observations out in detail.
  She relays these stories, and fleshes out what she has discovered about her family, by going back to old records, and travelling across Canada to conduct research.
  However, as his campaign has been fleshed out and his positions, strategic instincts and political ability have become clear, I am even more enthusiastic about him.
  I think I was under the impression that I was going to come back to it and flesh it out in more detail.
  During the previous three years, little bits and pieces of the characters were fleshed out and expanded beyond simple, one-dimensional characters.
  Changes are natural and inevitable as the proposal is fleshed out; they can improve and strengthen the plan without affecting its integrity.
  Now a survey detailing ground levels, boundaries and drainage will be carried out so that outline plans can be fleshed out in to detailed designs.
  The story of their romance is not fleshed out very well.
  We've worked really hard at fleshing out the past of the character without giving away too much, and have put all the dream memories in chronological order.
  Penn does a marvelous job in fleshing out the little idiosyncratic elements of his character.
  It refutes clichés by making them specific and adding details, fleshing them out into their own incidents.
  I hope that fleshing out the mystique hasn't detracted at all from its allure.
  Synonyms
  expand, expand on, elaborate on, add to, build on, add flesh to, put flesh on, put flesh on the bones of, add detail to, expatiate on, supplement, reinforce, augment, extend, broaden, develop, fill out, enlarge on, embellish, embroider, enhance, amplify, refine, improve, polish, perfect
2with object Give (a hound or hawk) a piece of the flesh of game that has been killed in order to incite it.
用已杀死猎物的肉喂（猎犬或猎鹰），以刺激其捕猎
1. 2.1literary Initiate (someone) in bloodshed or warfare.
  〈诗/文〉激起…的杀性，使投入血战
  he fleshed his troops by indulging them with enterprises against the enemy's posts
  他放手让部队冒险攻打敌军驻地来激起他们的作战欲望。
3often as noun fleshingwith object Remove the flesh adhering to (a skin or hide)
刮掉（皮上的）肉
after fleshing, the hide is soaked again

Phrases

all flesh

All human and animal life.
众生（指人类和一切动物）
Example sentencesExamples
- And all flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died.
- ‘I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest’.
- From new moon to new moon, and from sabbath to sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, says the LORD.
- The bluebottle, Calliphora vomitoria, comes from the vanitas tradition in painting, of including a telling detail such as a worm eaten apple or a falling rose, as a reminder that all flesh is grass.
- No manuscripts could possibly have been found, even were they buried far beneath the rubble, for it was obvious that a tremendous heat had once suffused the entire region, one that would have consumed all flesh and wood and leather.
- In the incarnation we learn of the love of God for his creation; in the crucifixion we learn of the judgement of God upon all flesh; and in the resurrection we learn of God's will for a new world.
- As for the dirt, I was always under the impression that all flesh tastes the same to demons.
- Besides, in Genesis 9, God promised that He would never again send a flood to destroy all flesh and cover the earth - the rainbow being the sign of that promise.
- And the Lord spoke to Noah and said, ‘In one year, I am going to make it rain and cover the whole earth with water until all flesh is destroyed.’
- The glory of God will be revealed, and all flesh together will see that the mouth of God has spoken.
- They were, we are, all flesh, and then we are all meat.
- Most surely old age is a disappointment if we have clung to this world as our highest good; for life is short, all flesh is as grass, all glory of man as the flower.
- But there's that fourth dimension, time, and on that fourth dimensional axis, all flesh is one, it's all connected.
- Against a culture that is set against nature and renders all flesh meaningless, the Mother of God is still able to proclaim God's presence within the blood and the milk, the cells and the atoms, of the material creation.
- It goes on to say, ‘Blessed are You, Lord, Who heals all flesh and acts wondrously.’
- Toscanini conducts with an iron grip on proceedings with the massive ‘Behold, all flesh is as the grass’ sounding pretty foreboding and penetrating at the same time.
- ‘for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof’ (Leviticus 17: 14 KJV)
- And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female.
- And the LORD said in His heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
- If chance be the Father of all flesh, disaster is his rainbow in the sky

go the way of all flesh

Die or come to an end.
死，终结
Example sentencesExamples
- When published, they create a sudden stir, remain best-sellers for a few weeks and then go down the way of all flesh.
- From time to time they will crash not predictably but randomly, like a flood or a bad harvest- and your data will go the way of all flesh.
- Hopes have been consistently dashed as companies that betokened efforts to compete with Hollywood went the way of all flesh.
- For years I made do with a tape copy after the original vinyl went the way of all flesh.
- And in fact that was almost certainly why it went the way of all flesh.
- When we go the way of all flesh, we should request not to be buried with boots.
- My iPod went the way of all flesh (and has successfully been brought back to life).
- Few are rewarded with true freedom in this way; most go the way of all flesh in the ruthless killing sprees that usually follow a successful revolution.
- His second marriage also went the way of all flesh.
- Well, another year is going the way of all flesh, but never fear, another, brand new one is on the way.
Synonyms
pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx

in the flesh

In person rather than via a telephone, a movie, the written word, or other means.
当面
they decided that they should meet Alexander in the flesh
他们决定应该见见亚历山大本人。
Example sentencesExamples
- At any rate, it turns out that I have recently met another blogger, in the flesh.
- She is a fascinating, beguiling woman who I feel very privileged to have met in the flesh.
- I can't banish the thought that people would only be disappointed to meet me in the flesh.
- He knew as much about angels as the next person, but he'd never met one in the flesh, as it were.
- The Fan Faire was a rare opportunity for them to meet in the flesh.
- There are stacks of people who have e-mailed me or commented over the last year or so who I would love to meet in the flesh.
- It was a splendid reminder of just how great live music is and how much better Quo are in the flesh.
- I never saw him in the flesh, but I saw him on the TV on countless occasions.
- Blackburn Rovers fans can meet one of their heroes in the flesh at a special signing session this afternoon.
- My friends use it, my family use it, there are people I've known for years in the flesh who know me by no other tag.
- What could be better than having the raunchy Anastacia live and in the flesh?
- Reminds me though, I once had a lunch with a blind colleague whom I'd spoken to on the phone a lot but not met in the flesh before.
- Not only does he not want journalists to meet people in the flesh, he will actively discourage them from doing any such thing.
- The plan is that gamers will have a chance to meet and talk in the flesh, as well as play each other online.
- It's very tough to make real judgments about people if you don't see them in the flesh.
- When he meets her again in the flesh on a car park after a gig he discovers she is in fact a ghost who has been dead for 300 years.
- She also knows all the words to his songs, to meet him in the flesh.
- Then they see me in the flesh and think I have lost too much weight.
- Anyone who met him in the flesh will know what an inspiring character he was.
- Some television personalities look more ordinary when you meet them in the flesh.
Synonyms
in person, before one's eyes, in front of one, before one's very eyes, in one's presence

lose flesh

archaic Become thinner.
〈古〉变瘦，消瘦
Example sentencesExamples
- And by squeezing out successively higher rungs of the lower and middle classes, our city's own public life loses flesh.

make someone's flesh crawl (or creep)

Cause someone to experience an uncomfortable sensation of horror or disgust.
使感到害怕（或恐惧，厌恶）
I'd forgotten how much he makes my flesh crawl
Example sentencesExamples
- It is the first business book that has made my flesh crawl, not because of some macabre metaphor, but because of the theory.
- Just the thought of his fingers on her skin made her flesh crawl, and she hoped that she would never meet him again.
- The way that the screeching jump also has sounds of a whip or a rope moving quickly through the air made my flesh crawl.
- His hands were an unearthly cold that made her flesh crawl.
- Ashes that used to be paper were spread all over the riveted metal floor, which was rusted beyond recognition, warped, misshapen, scattered with overturned furniture remains, and made our flesh crawl.
- Even in a movie with basically no dialogue, she made my flesh crawl.
- I don't know about you but it made my flesh crawl.
- Something about either the cover or the description on the packaging made my flesh crawl.
- His object, between now and May 5, is to make the nation 's flesh creep.
- The film effectively disturbed me in places, while its effects succeeded in making my flesh crawl here and there.

one flesh

Used to refer to the spiritual and physical union of two people in a relationship, especially marriage.
一体（指两人精神和肉体的结合关系，尤指婚姻）
my body is his, his is mine: one flesh
我的身体是他的，他的身体是我的，我俩成为一体。
Example sentencesExamples
- So I talked about Eve being made from Adam, thus being one flesh and the basis of marriage/family, as Jesus taught.
- In a typically vivid image, Taylor summarizes his view that in the one flesh of marriage the differences between man and woman are almost overcome.
- Man and wife, by their marriage union, become one flesh; Christ and true believers, by this union, become one spirit.
- I believe many marriages fail because people pull in their own directions, and not as the one flesh God says they are.
- But we must remember the Lord's stress that marriage is the union of one flesh.
- Children express the two in one flesh of marriage.
- God likens this to the marriage relationship where two people become one flesh.
- The Bible than says, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.’
- As St. Paul wrote, ‘The two shall become one flesh,’ indicating that in a true and complete marriage absolutely nothing is held back from one's spouse.
- Some students will readily conclude that this rule of law rejects the biblical view of marriage as two in one flesh and the family as an integrated moral unit.

put flesh on (the bones of) something

Add more details to something that exists only in a draft or outline form.
充实（草案，概要）
he has yet to put flesh on his “big idea.”
他的“伟大构思”还有待他充实具体内容。
Example sentencesExamples
- With that in mind, Mr Prescott was putting flesh on the bones of devolution proposals for those in commerce, trade, manufacturing and business.
- But this powerful novel forces the reader on board, putting flesh on the bare bones of that well-known story.
- The bias is historical, the anecdotes putting flesh on the raw bones of the past.
- It was one of those pieces of legislation - a policy which was introduced very quickly, and we are now putting flesh on the bones of that particular policy.
- The play puts flesh on the bones of these divergent characters, as differences in social status gradually yielded to grudging admiration.
- The National Museum of Scotland is putting flesh on the bones of the tale this summer, with a major exhibition that looks at both the family's public and private life.
- Even so, it puts flesh on the frail bones of his Utopia.
- Peter Connolly of the Gallery Café puts flesh on the bones of that notion of difference.
- There were a lot of details left to be sorted out to put flesh on the bones.
- Much more scholarly research will need to be carried out to put flesh on the bones of this theory.
Synonyms
expand, expand on, elaborate on, add to, build on, add flesh to, flesh out, add detail to, expatiate on, supplement, reinforce, augment, extend, broaden, develop, fill out, enlarge on, embellish, embroider, enhance, amplify, refine, improve, polish, perfect

put on flesh
长肉，发胖

Put on weight.
长肉，发胖
Example sentencesExamples
- The hope is, however, that this skeleton will put on flesh as time goes by.
- Confined to factory farms and genetically manipulated so that they put on flesh fast, their legs and hearts get so heavy in a few weeks that they can barely move to reach for food and water.

sins of the flesh

humorous, archaic Sins related to physical indulgence, especially sexual gratification.
〈古或幽默〉放纵；纵欲，淫荡
Example sentencesExamples
- He absorbs the corruption, the filth, the sins of the flesh, the manager giving him orders now drunk at the bar with his arms around two giggling blondes.
- The sins of the flesh - lust and gluttony - thus ‘devour the whole man’ like a monstrous mouth, so that the sinner's body is assimilated to that of the monstrous Behemoth.
- The cross of Christ dealt with us, and the sins of the flesh, and the life of Christ is made available to indwell, rebuild and empower us.
- The trouble was that despite being in holy orders they were easily tempted by the sins of the flesh.
- But a PR sweetie of my acquaintance, based in North Yorkshire, is suffering from the amazing safeguards imposed by her employers to protect the world from the sins of the flesh.
- That's what the aristocrats of 18 th-century Venice did when they celebrated Carnevale, their last chance to indulge the sins of the flesh before Lent.
- It's a city that has depended on sins of the flesh for its economic lifeblood (the bars, the casinos, the strip joints), but it is also a city that confesses its sins.
- It was seen as a blissful cornucopia of earthly blessings, easily accessible high-quality sins of the flesh, and delights of the spirit.
- He was known as the epitome of arrogance, a man with the highest regard for his own art, an iron will and a taste for what St Peter would regard as the sins of the flesh.
- The Church is not only about forbidding the use of contraception and warning against the sins of the flesh.

Origin

Old English flǣsc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlees and German Fleisch.

单词	flesh
释义	Definition of flesh in English: flesh noun flɛʃflɛʃ mass noun 1The soft substance consisting of muscle and fat that is found between the skin and bones of a human or an animal. 肉 she grabbed Anna's arm, her fingers sinking into the flesh 她抓住安娜的胳膊，手指陷进肉里。 Example sentencesExamples And where there was once an appealing covering of soft flesh, there was now hard bone. Jim felt the pulsing of the sun as its heat, magnified by the window it was pouring through, met with soft flesh and willing muscle. He reached out and grabbed his wife's shoulder here, pushing his fingers into the soft crevice of flesh over bone. Deeper in the dark glade, there are bones, countless bones, scraps of flesh and skin, cloth, and bodies. He believed that the ‘changeover’ from animal to human flesh was most often accidental. I'm kind of pleased that I can feel some soft flesh there on his tummy, over the rock-solid muscle. However mostly in these classes I am trying to achieve a sense of flesh and bones, weightiness or muscle structure. Yet the end result, after removing bone, muscle and flesh, was incredibly attractive. What do you imagine will happen when Jesus raises us all from the dead, putting muscle and flesh on dry bare bones? I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - I might even be said to possess a mind. Pieces of skin, flesh, bone falling to the ground in flakes of dust. His blade homed in, sinking into flesh and grating past bone. The two went down in a clash of flesh and muscle and bone, the two ripping at each other for every opening possible. The murderous roar mocked their fragile armor of skin, flesh, bones. The spirit of psychoanalysis is not confined to the skin, flesh, bones and marrow of psychoanalysis, but it is also not apart from them. Then the skeletons, stubborn bits of flesh and muscle still clinging to the bones, move on to the bug room. A second later he bit down and allowed his fangs to sink into my soft flesh. The blade cut through bones and skin and flesh, and slashed the ground as it cut through. Synonyms muscle, tissue, muscle tissue, meat, brawn informal beef 1.1 The flesh of an animal, regarded as food. （食用）动物肉，鱼肉 the food an animal eats will affect the taste and texture of its flesh Example sentencesExamples Its sweet, delicate, flaky flesh makes this fish a prize catch. Lake sturgeon have been fished for their flesh and their oil as well as for their caviar. Glamorgan sausages contain neither flesh nor fish nor fowl, but cheese and leeks. After that time, you can take a peek, and check delicately that the fish flesh flakes easily. Leading up to Easter is Lent, a period of penance lasting forty days during which only one meal a day was allowed and flesh and fish were forbidden. Use grilled, roasted or steamed vegetables, minced lamb, beef, pork or chicken, and the cooked or raw flesh of almost any fish. The term ‘vegetarian’ has only been around for about 150 years but abstinence from flesh, fish and fowl is as old as man himself. Sea bass is a silvery grey fish with succulent white flesh. Flatfish flesh changes as the fish begin to roe at this time, the consequence being that the fish are thinner and softer, and not good to cook. We wanted to find out exactly what type of methylmercury was present in fish flesh. The fish is famous for its tender and tasty flesh. The central part of this dish is tilapia, a fresh water fish with white flesh and a flaky texture. Small black spots, resembling ground pepper flakes, are visible in the fish flesh. A ‘vegetarian’ is a person who does not eat meat, fish, foul or any food derived from the flesh of animals. As of today, I am no longer eating fish, since the smell in my kitchen reminds me that fish is flesh. Place the dried flesh in a food processor and add the lemon juice, yoghurt, dill and oil. The excitement over, the fish gutted and flesh drying on deck, everyone returned to rest. Morays then eat these fish and their flesh becomes toxic. The effects of tetrodotoxin are well documented in Japan, where the highly prized dish fugu is prepared from the raw flesh of the puffer fish. The caviar is cleaned to prevent spoilage and then packed up; the rest of the fish is sold for flesh. Synonyms meat 1.2 The edible pulpy part of a fruit or vegetable. halve the avocados and scrape out the flesh 将鳄梨切开，挖出果肉。 Example sentencesExamples At each harvest the fresh weight and dry matter content of fruit flesh and stones were measured after peeling and stoning. The dark background provides an effective relief for the juicy white flesh of the mangosteen fruit. In fact, the creamy white flesh is barely edible; it's tasteless and slimy. The flesh contains tiny, edible seeds and you can even eat the skin. Honey locust trees did have a kind of fruit, a pod that contained sweet flesh, edible pulp. She peeled back the cucumber's skin in long strips, watching as green exposed the naked, white vegetable flesh. Cracks in sweet cherry fruits are shallow or deep oblong wounds in the fruit flesh. Place the pepper flesh with the nuts, basil, garlic and cheese in a food processor and whizz. Put the onions, garlic, aubergine flesh, the lemon juice and seasoning into a food processor and whiz until it begins to become a purée. If you timed it right you could spend a good part of the day out of the sun with cool pulpy grape flesh oozing between your toes. The ripe, red, pulpy flesh of the melons stands in with sickening authenticity for the wasted tissue of the bodies of the wounded men. It has a core or seed of truth, but no flesh of the fruit. The white flesh of the fruit consists of numerous segments, mostly seedless. The thick flesh makes the fruit suitable for stuffing and baking. Bright flies were embedded in the stringy pulp, the glistening flesh of the fruit. Cut a ripe kiwi fruit in half and squeeze it over the squid, letting both the juice and flesh of the fruit drop into the bowl. The yellow or pinkish flesh contains edible, crunchy little seeds. She hadn't felt hungry before, but her stomach quaked in defiance to its emptiness as her eyes touched the fruit's flawless red flesh. The lower oil content of the fruit flesh confers a slightly watery, almost sweet taste not found in the other two botanical races. Removing the stalk would create openings in the skin of the fruit, enabling the chemical to contaminate the fruit's flesh. Synonyms pulp, soft part, fleshy part, marrow, meat 1.3 The skin or surface of the human body with reference to its appearance or sensory properties. （就颜色、外观或感觉特性而言的）皮肤，体表 she gasped as the cold water hit her flesh 当冷水触击她皮肤时，她倒抽了一口冷气。 Example sentencesExamples That was the sensation as flesh met flesh, as her body pressed into his and then the contact was gone. She trembled and shuddered against his body, the cold flesh felt through the tunic that he wore. This self-tanner for the body gives even lily-white flesh like mine a healthy shimmery glow. His eroticism and his understanding of the female form urged him to include more surfaces of flesh than can be seen from one point of view… The otter swam around her barely clothed body and tickled her flesh. I felt his lips graze the tender flesh of my neck. He was painfully aware of his bare flesh as bodies pressed around him once more. There was the sound of flesh hitting other flesh and a body falling to the ground. This Skin Firming Moisturiser with seaweed extract and caffeine promises to firm up flabby flesh and reduce the appearance of cellulite. His skin had felt deliciously cool against her heated flesh as his hard body moved against hers. No flesh from their bodies showed, it was all bronze armor. 1.4the flesh The human body and its physical needs and desires, especially as contrasted with the mind or the soul. 肉体，肉体需求（尤指与精神或灵魂相对） I have never been one to deny the pleasures of the flesh 我从来都不是否认肉体乐趣的人。 Example sentencesExamples You enjoy luxury, sensuality, and pleasures of the flesh. The old man once walked in trespasses and sins according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind. When not reminded, he did not miss the pleasures of the flesh much. Being at home with three children (two still ill) means evenings are given over entirely to pleasures of the flesh. I hereby renounce all desires of the flesh, especially ones that involve spatulas. ‘Death takes the flesh, but the soul lives on, for that part of you is eternal’, he taught the woman. Human nature urges us to satisfy the natural desires of the flesh. In contrast to the previous evening the pleasures of the flesh were much in evidence. At the same time his work celebrated (under the cover of classical mythology) the sensuous pleasures of the flesh. Or the very kind of conflict between the flesh and the soul, was something they believed, and so you would believe it too. With crew members leading a lonely existence and having to stay away from their family for days together, they are tempted to give in to the pleasures of the flesh. In the major part of his teaching he clearly says the flesh is only the physical body, and it is the body which is the ‘seat of sin’. Synonyms the body, the human body, human nature, man's physical nature, physicality, corporeality, carnality, animality sensuality, sensualism, sexuality 1.5 A light brownish pink colour. acrylic paints in flesh, red, and pink Example sentencesExamples I find colourizing an area in a flesh colour is often insufficient. As a side effect, the flesh tones look a few shades too ruddy. verb flɛʃflɛʃ 1flesh something outno object Put weight on. 长肉，发胖 he had fleshed out to a solid 220 pounds 他发福到足有220磅重。 Example sentencesExamples However, in the previous months, Terri had gained a little weight, the hollows of her face and her neck fleshing out. As his body has filled out, his personality has fleshed out with it. Synonyms put on weight, gain weight, get heavier, grow fat/fatter, fatten up, get fat, fill out thicken, widen, broaden, expand, spread out 1.1flesh something outwith object Add more details to something which only exists in a draft or outline form. 充实（草案，概要） the arguments were fleshed out by the minister 部长对论点加以了充实完善。 Example sentencesExamples During the previous three years, little bits and pieces of the characters were fleshed out and expanded beyond simple, one-dimensional characters. I think I was under the impression that I was going to come back to it and flesh it out in more detail. Now a survey detailing ground levels, boundaries and drainage will be carried out so that outline plans can be fleshed out in to detailed designs. Changes are natural and inevitable as the proposal is fleshed out; they can improve and strengthen the plan without affecting its integrity. Penn does a marvelous job in fleshing out the little idiosyncratic elements of his character. Biography fleshes out the daily realities of living as aliens in your own land and provides insight into indigenous history over the entire 20th century. She relays these stories, and fleshes out what she has discovered about her family, by going back to old records, and travelling across Canada to conduct research. While the investigator fleshes out the complex, engaging character of the woman, the film draws out the equally complex and engaging character of the detective. Questions remain as to how exactly this will be done as the Home Office shied away from fleshing out the detail yesterday. Further details of the move will be fleshed out at a press conference today. As a director he fleshes out his own screenplays with lights, cameras and action, but any shooting script is a bare-bones, incomplete thing. I hope that fleshing out the mystique hasn't detracted at all from its allure. I'm fleshing out characters at the moment, and their individual storylines are coming together quite nicely. We've worked really hard at fleshing out the past of the character without giving away too much, and have put all the dream memories in chronological order. However, as his campaign has been fleshed out and his positions, strategic instincts and political ability have become clear, I am even more enthusiastic about him. The story of their romance is not fleshed out very well. Only in a few instances does he flesh his observations out in detail. So, for four hours she sat thinking about Harry and fleshing out all the characters in the book. But until he fleshes out his one-page sketch, I, for one, cannot see what else he can mean by a ‘top down’ approach to economic management. It refutes clichés by making them specific and adding details, fleshing them out into their own incidents. Synonyms expand (on), elaborate on, add to, build on, add flesh to, put flesh on (the bones of), add detail to, expatiate on, supplement, reinforce, augment, extend, broaden, develop, fill out, enlarge on, embellish, embroider, enhance, amplify, refine, improve, polish, perfect 2with object Stimulate (a hound or hawk) to hunt by feeding it a piece of flesh from a recently killed animal. I have fleshed my bloodhound 2.1literary Accustom to bloodshed or warfare. 〈诗/文〉激起…的杀性，使投入血战 he fleshed his troops with enterprises against the enemy's posts 他放手让部队冒险攻打敌军驻地来激起他们的作战欲望。 3often as noun fleshingwith object Remove the flesh adhering to (a skin or hide) 刮掉（皮上的）肉 after fleshing, the hide is soaked again Phrases all flesh All human and animal life. 众生（指人类和一切动物） Example sentencesExamples And the LORD said in His heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. ‘for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof’ (Leviticus 17: 14 KJV) Most surely old age is a disappointment if we have clung to this world as our highest good; for life is short, all flesh is as grass, all glory of man as the flower. The bluebottle, Calliphora vomitoria, comes from the vanitas tradition in painting, of including a telling detail such as a worm eaten apple or a falling rose, as a reminder that all flesh is grass. And all flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died. As for the dirt, I was always under the impression that all flesh tastes the same to demons. Against a culture that is set against nature and renders all flesh meaningless, the Mother of God is still able to proclaim God's presence within the blood and the milk, the cells and the atoms, of the material creation. ‘I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest’. It goes on to say, ‘Blessed are You, Lord, Who heals all flesh and acts wondrously.’ Toscanini conducts with an iron grip on proceedings with the massive ‘Behold, all flesh is as the grass’ sounding pretty foreboding and penetrating at the same time. Besides, in Genesis 9, God promised that He would never again send a flood to destroy all flesh and cover the earth - the rainbow being the sign of that promise. And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. And the Lord spoke to Noah and said, ‘In one year, I am going to make it rain and cover the whole earth with water until all flesh is destroyed.’ But there's that fourth dimension, time, and on that fourth dimensional axis, all flesh is one, it's all connected. From new moon to new moon, and from sabbath to sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, says the LORD. The glory of God will be revealed, and all flesh together will see that the mouth of God has spoken. If chance be the Father of all flesh, disaster is his rainbow in the sky No manuscripts could possibly have been found, even were they buried far beneath the rubble, for it was obvious that a tremendous heat had once suffused the entire region, one that would have consumed all flesh and wood and leather. In the incarnation we learn of the love of God for his creation; in the crucifixion we learn of the judgement of God upon all flesh; and in the resurrection we learn of God's will for a new world. They were, we are, all flesh, and then we are all meat. go the way of all flesh Die or come to an end. 死，终结 the film has gone the way of all flesh after being slated by the critics 这部电影遭到批评家们的抨击后，从此悄无声息。 Example sentencesExamples Well, another year is going the way of all flesh, but never fear, another, brand new one is on the way. Few are rewarded with true freedom in this way; most go the way of all flesh in the ruthless killing sprees that usually follow a successful revolution. When we go the way of all flesh, we should request not to be buried with boots. His second marriage also went the way of all flesh. From time to time they will crash not predictably but randomly, like a flood or a bad harvest- and your data will go the way of all flesh. My iPod went the way of all flesh (and has successfully been brought back to life). When published, they create a sudden stir, remain best-sellers for a few weeks and then go down the way of all flesh. For years I made do with a tape copy after the original vinyl went the way of all flesh. Hopes have been consistently dashed as companies that betokened efforts to compete with Hollywood went the way of all flesh. And in fact that was almost certainly why it went the way of all flesh. Synonyms pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx in the flesh In person or (of a thing) in its actual state. they decided that they should meet Alexander in the flesh 他们决定应该见见亚历山大本人。 Example sentencesExamples Reminds me though, I once had a lunch with a blind colleague whom I'd spoken to on the phone a lot but not met in the flesh before. Some television personalities look more ordinary when you meet them in the flesh. Not only does he not want journalists to meet people in the flesh, he will actively discourage them from doing any such thing. I can't banish the thought that people would only be disappointed to meet me in the flesh. What could be better than having the raunchy Anastacia live and in the flesh? There are stacks of people who have e-mailed me or commented over the last year or so who I would love to meet in the flesh. My friends use it, my family use it, there are people I've known for years in the flesh who know me by no other tag. The plan is that gamers will have a chance to meet and talk in the flesh, as well as play each other online. It was a splendid reminder of just how great live music is and how much better Quo are in the flesh. At any rate, it turns out that I have recently met another blogger, in the flesh. It's very tough to make real judgments about people if you don't see them in the flesh. Anyone who met him in the flesh will know what an inspiring character he was. Blackburn Rovers fans can meet one of their heroes in the flesh at a special signing session this afternoon. He knew as much about angels as the next person, but he'd never met one in the flesh, as it were. Then they see me in the flesh and think I have lost too much weight. The Fan Faire was a rare opportunity for them to meet in the flesh. I never saw him in the flesh, but I saw him on the TV on countless occasions. When he meets her again in the flesh on a car park after a gig he discovers she is in fact a ghost who has been dead for 300 years. She also knows all the words to his songs, to meet him in the flesh. She is a fascinating, beguiling woman who I feel very privileged to have met in the flesh. Synonyms in person, before one's eyes, in front of one, before one's very eyes, in one's presence lose flesh archaic Become thinner. 〈古〉变瘦，消瘦 Example sentencesExamples And by squeezing out successively higher rungs of the lower and middle classes, our city's own public life loses flesh. make someone's flesh crawl (or creep) Cause someone to experience an uncomfortable sensation of horror or disgust. 使感到害怕（或恐惧，厌恶） I'd forgotten how much he makes my flesh crawl Example sentencesExamples I don't know about you but it made my flesh crawl. His object, between now and May 5, is to make the nation 's flesh creep. It is the first business book that has made my flesh crawl, not because of some macabre metaphor, but because of the theory. Ashes that used to be paper were spread all over the riveted metal floor, which was rusted beyond recognition, warped, misshapen, scattered with overturned furniture remains, and made our flesh crawl. The way that the screeching jump also has sounds of a whip or a rope moving quickly through the air made my flesh crawl. Just the thought of his fingers on her skin made her flesh crawl, and she hoped that she would never meet him again. Even in a movie with basically no dialogue, she made my flesh crawl. His hands were an unearthly cold that made her flesh crawl. Something about either the cover or the description on the packaging made my flesh crawl. The film effectively disturbed me in places, while its effects succeeded in making my flesh crawl here and there. one flesh Used to refer to the spiritual and physical union of two people in a relationship, especially marriage. 一体（指两人精神和肉体的结合关系，尤指婚姻） my body is his, his is mine: one flesh 我的身体是他的，他的身体是我的，我俩成为一体。 Example sentencesExamples So I talked about Eve being made from Adam, thus being one flesh and the basis of marriage/family, as Jesus taught. But we must remember the Lord's stress that marriage is the union of one flesh. Some students will readily conclude that this rule of law rejects the biblical view of marriage as two in one flesh and the family as an integrated moral unit. As St. Paul wrote, ‘The two shall become one flesh,’ indicating that in a true and complete marriage absolutely nothing is held back from one's spouse. Man and wife, by their marriage union, become one flesh; Christ and true believers, by this union, become one spirit. God likens this to the marriage relationship where two people become one flesh. The Bible than says, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.’ Children express the two in one flesh of marriage. In a typically vivid image, Taylor summarizes his view that in the one flesh of marriage the differences between man and woman are almost overcome. I believe many marriages fail because people pull in their own directions, and not as the one flesh God says they are. put flesh on (the bones of) something Add more details to something. he has yet to put flesh on his ‘big idea’ 他的“伟大构思”还有待他充实具体内容。 Example sentencesExamples It was one of those pieces of legislation - a policy which was introduced very quickly, and we are now putting flesh on the bones of that particular policy. Much more scholarly research will need to be carried out to put flesh on the bones of this theory. The National Museum of Scotland is putting flesh on the bones of the tale this summer, with a major exhibition that looks at both the family's public and private life. Even so, it puts flesh on the frail bones of his Utopia. The bias is historical, the anecdotes putting flesh on the raw bones of the past. With that in mind, Mr Prescott was putting flesh on the bones of devolution proposals for those in commerce, trade, manufacturing and business. Peter Connolly of the Gallery Café puts flesh on the bones of that notion of difference. But this powerful novel forces the reader on board, putting flesh on the bare bones of that well-known story. There were a lot of details left to be sorted out to put flesh on the bones. The play puts flesh on the bones of these divergent characters, as differences in social status gradually yielded to grudging admiration. Synonyms expand, expand on, elaborate on, add to, build on, add flesh to, flesh out, add detail to, expatiate on, supplement, reinforce, augment, extend, broaden, develop, fill out, enlarge on, embellish, embroider, enhance, amplify, refine, improve, polish, perfect put on flesh 长肉，发胖 Put on weight. 长肉，发胖 Example sentencesExamples Confined to factory farms and genetically manipulated so that they put on flesh fast, their legs and hearts get so heavy in a few weeks that they can barely move to reach for food and water. The hope is, however, that this skeleton will put on flesh as time goes by. sins of the flesh humorous, archaic Sins related to physical indulgence, especially sexual gratification. 〈古或幽默〉放纵；纵欲，淫荡 Example sentencesExamples But a PR sweetie of my acquaintance, based in North Yorkshire, is suffering from the amazing safeguards imposed by her employers to protect the world from the sins of the flesh. He absorbs the corruption, the filth, the sins of the flesh, the manager giving him orders now drunk at the bar with his arms around two giggling blondes. It was seen as a blissful cornucopia of earthly blessings, easily accessible high-quality sins of the flesh, and delights of the spirit. The trouble was that despite being in holy orders they were easily tempted by the sins of the flesh. That's what the aristocrats of 18 th-century Venice did when they celebrated Carnevale, their last chance to indulge the sins of the flesh before Lent. The cross of Christ dealt with us, and the sins of the flesh, and the life of Christ is made available to indwell, rebuild and empower us. The Church is not only about forbidding the use of contraception and warning against the sins of the flesh. He was known as the epitome of arrogance, a man with the highest regard for his own art, an iron will and a taste for what St Peter would regard as the sins of the flesh. The sins of the flesh - lust and gluttony - thus ‘devour the whole man’ like a monstrous mouth, so that the sinner's body is assimilated to that of the monstrous Behemoth. It's a city that has depended on sins of the flesh for its economic lifeblood (the bars, the casinos, the strip joints), but it is also a city that confesses its sins. Derivatives fleshless adjective ˈflɛʃ(ə)ləsˈflɛʃləs But their victory celebration proved to be somewhat premature when a fleshless fist collided with Rita's head knocking her to the ground. Example sentencesExamples The face and hands of the first were by now fleshless, but from the possessions in the pockets Trelawney was able to tell that the body was undoubtedly that of Shelley. At the hour of dinner, ‘the chops of the learned professor watered with expectation when, lo! to his disappointment and horror, the fleshless skull was presented’. Scientists who become infected with the virus are transformed into slavering cannibals, with the Doberman guard dogs reborn as fleshless hounds from hell. To compensate for his size, he instead had the looks of a necromancer, with a fleshless bony body that held a few rotting strands of skin onto it. The other one, Ravi, was very thin, almost fleshless and mentally weak. Cronyn is an inimitable professional, but her Virginia is disappointingly virtuous and fleshless. Buried in shallow trenches, the fleshless skeletons were exhumed right after the war. But the narrator is so unsympathetic, so blank and fleshless, that it's hard to feel engaged by her story, unless by the freak-show details. Seen straight on, with his bald, skull-like head, wasp waist and fleshless body, he appears graceless and impassive, too frail to survive; his limbs appear too thin to bear the weight of his head and torso. Origin Old English flǣsc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlees and German Fleisch. The most tangible part of the human body is flesh, and since the Middle Ages people have described their children, brothers, sisters, and other family members as their own flesh and blood. In the Book of Genesis God takes out one of Adam's ribs when he was sleeping, and made it into a woman, Eve. Adam said, ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’ To go the way of all flesh is to die. It is from a 17th-century English translation of the Bible, which in most bibles is rendered as ‘Go the way of all the earth’. Fleshpots (early 16th century), ‘places providing luxurious living’, also come from the Bible, in which they are literally pots in which meat is boiled. In the book of Exodus, when the Israelites are making their laborious way through the desert after their escape from Egypt, they lament, ‘Would to God that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full.’ Rhymes afresh, Andhra Pradesh, Bangladesh, crème fraîche, enmesh, fresh, intermesh, Kesh, Madhya Pradesh, Marrakesh, mesh, nesh, thresh, Uttar Pradesh noun.1 phr. Definition of flesh in US English: flesh nounflɛʃfleSH 1The soft substance consisting of muscle and fat that is found between the skin and bones of an animal or a human. 肉 she grabbed Anna's arm, her fingers sinking into the flesh 她抓住安娜的胳膊，手指陷进肉里。 Example sentencesExamples What do you imagine will happen when Jesus raises us all from the dead, putting muscle and flesh on dry bare bones? He believed that the ‘changeover’ from animal to human flesh was most often accidental. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - I might even be said to possess a mind. He reached out and grabbed his wife's shoulder here, pushing his fingers into the soft crevice of flesh over bone. Then the skeletons, stubborn bits of flesh and muscle still clinging to the bones, move on to the bug room. I'm kind of pleased that I can feel some soft flesh there on his tummy, over the rock-solid muscle. Jim felt the pulsing of the sun as its heat, magnified by the window it was pouring through, met with soft flesh and willing muscle. The spirit of psychoanalysis is not confined to the skin, flesh, bones and marrow of psychoanalysis, but it is also not apart from them. A second later he bit down and allowed his fangs to sink into my soft flesh. Deeper in the dark glade, there are bones, countless bones, scraps of flesh and skin, cloth, and bodies. The two went down in a clash of flesh and muscle and bone, the two ripping at each other for every opening possible. And where there was once an appealing covering of soft flesh, there was now hard bone. His blade homed in, sinking into flesh and grating past bone. The blade cut through bones and skin and flesh, and slashed the ground as it cut through. However mostly in these classes I am trying to achieve a sense of flesh and bones, weightiness or muscle structure. The murderous roar mocked their fragile armor of skin, flesh, bones. Yet the end result, after removing bone, muscle and flesh, was incredibly attractive. Pieces of skin, flesh, bone falling to the ground in flakes of dust. Synonyms muscle, tissue, muscle tissue, meat, brawn 1.1 The flesh of an animal, regarded as food. （食用）动物肉，鱼肉 the food an animal eats will affect the taste and texture of its flesh in combination a flesh-eater Example sentencesExamples Place the dried flesh in a food processor and add the lemon juice, yoghurt, dill and oil. The excitement over, the fish gutted and flesh drying on deck, everyone returned to rest. The fish is famous for its tender and tasty flesh. The effects of tetrodotoxin are well documented in Japan, where the highly prized dish fugu is prepared from the raw flesh of the puffer fish. After that time, you can take a peek, and check delicately that the fish flesh flakes easily. Flatfish flesh changes as the fish begin to roe at this time, the consequence being that the fish are thinner and softer, and not good to cook. Morays then eat these fish and their flesh becomes toxic. Sea bass is a silvery grey fish with succulent white flesh. As of today, I am no longer eating fish, since the smell in my kitchen reminds me that fish is flesh. Lake sturgeon have been fished for their flesh and their oil as well as for their caviar. Leading up to Easter is Lent, a period of penance lasting forty days during which only one meal a day was allowed and flesh and fish were forbidden. The central part of this dish is tilapia, a fresh water fish with white flesh and a flaky texture. We wanted to find out exactly what type of methylmercury was present in fish flesh. A ‘vegetarian’ is a person who does not eat meat, fish, foul or any food derived from the flesh of animals. Small black spots, resembling ground pepper flakes, are visible in the fish flesh. The term ‘vegetarian’ has only been around for about 150 years but abstinence from flesh, fish and fowl is as old as man himself. The caviar is cleaned to prevent spoilage and then packed up; the rest of the fish is sold for flesh. Glamorgan sausages contain neither flesh nor fish nor fowl, but cheese and leeks. Its sweet, delicate, flaky flesh makes this fish a prize catch. Use grilled, roasted or steamed vegetables, minced lamb, beef, pork or chicken, and the cooked or raw flesh of almost any fish. Synonyms meat 1.2 The pulpy substance of a fruit or vegetable, especially the part that is eaten. 果肉，蔬菜嫩部（尤指可吃部分） halve the avocados and scrape out the flesh 将鳄梨切开，挖出果肉。 Example sentencesExamples The ripe, red, pulpy flesh of the melons stands in with sickening authenticity for the wasted tissue of the bodies of the wounded men. It has a core or seed of truth, but no flesh of the fruit. She peeled back the cucumber's skin in long strips, watching as green exposed the naked, white vegetable flesh. Bright flies were embedded in the stringy pulp, the glistening flesh of the fruit. The dark background provides an effective relief for the juicy white flesh of the mangosteen fruit. The white flesh of the fruit consists of numerous segments, mostly seedless. Cracks in sweet cherry fruits are shallow or deep oblong wounds in the fruit flesh. Cut a ripe kiwi fruit in half and squeeze it over the squid, letting both the juice and flesh of the fruit drop into the bowl. Removing the stalk would create openings in the skin of the fruit, enabling the chemical to contaminate the fruit's flesh. At each harvest the fresh weight and dry matter content of fruit flesh and stones were measured after peeling and stoning. The yellow or pinkish flesh contains edible, crunchy little seeds. She hadn't felt hungry before, but her stomach quaked in defiance to its emptiness as her eyes touched the fruit's flawless red flesh. The thick flesh makes the fruit suitable for stuffing and baking. If you timed it right you could spend a good part of the day out of the sun with cool pulpy grape flesh oozing between your toes. In fact, the creamy white flesh is barely edible; it's tasteless and slimy. The lower oil content of the fruit flesh confers a slightly watery, almost sweet taste not found in the other two botanical races. Honey locust trees did have a kind of fruit, a pod that contained sweet flesh, edible pulp. The flesh contains tiny, edible seeds and you can even eat the skin. Put the onions, garlic, aubergine flesh, the lemon juice and seasoning into a food processor and whiz until it begins to become a purée. Place the pepper flesh with the nuts, basil, garlic and cheese in a food processor and whizz. Synonyms pulp, soft part, fleshy part, marrow, meat 1.3 The skin or surface of the human body with reference to its color, appearance, or sensual properties. （就颜色、外观或感觉特性而言的）皮肤，体表 she gasped as the cold water hit her flesh 当冷水触击她皮肤时，她倒抽了一口冷气。 Example sentencesExamples This self-tanner for the body gives even lily-white flesh like mine a healthy shimmery glow. There was the sound of flesh hitting other flesh and a body falling to the ground. No flesh from their bodies showed, it was all bronze armor. This Skin Firming Moisturiser with seaweed extract and caffeine promises to firm up flabby flesh and reduce the appearance of cellulite. He was painfully aware of his bare flesh as bodies pressed around him once more. The otter swam around her barely clothed body and tickled her flesh. She trembled and shuddered against his body, the cold flesh felt through the tunic that he wore. His eroticism and his understanding of the female form urged him to include more surfaces of flesh than can be seen from one point of view… His skin had felt deliciously cool against her heated flesh as his hard body moved against hers. That was the sensation as flesh met flesh, as her body pressed into his and then the contact was gone. I felt his lips graze the tender flesh of my neck. 1.4the flesh The human body and its physical needs and desires, especially as contrasted with the mind or the soul. 肉体，肉体需求（尤指与精神或灵魂相对） I have never been one to deny the pleasures of the flesh 我从来都不是否认肉体乐趣的人。 Example sentencesExamples Or the very kind of conflict between the flesh and the soul, was something they believed, and so you would believe it too. Being at home with three children (two still ill) means evenings are given over entirely to pleasures of the flesh. You enjoy luxury, sensuality, and pleasures of the flesh. In contrast to the previous evening the pleasures of the flesh were much in evidence. ‘Death takes the flesh, but the soul lives on, for that part of you is eternal’, he taught the woman. Human nature urges us to satisfy the natural desires of the flesh. At the same time his work celebrated (under the cover of classical mythology) the sensuous pleasures of the flesh. In the major part of his teaching he clearly says the flesh is only the physical body, and it is the body which is the ‘seat of sin’. With crew members leading a lonely existence and having to stay away from their family for days together, they are tempted to give in to the pleasures of the flesh. When not reminded, he did not miss the pleasures of the flesh much. The old man once walked in trespasses and sins according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind. I hereby renounce all desires of the flesh, especially ones that involve spatulas. Synonyms the body, the human body, human nature, man's physical nature, physicality, corporeality, carnality, animality 1.5 A light brownish pink colour. acrylic paints in flesh, red, and pink Example sentencesExamples As a side effect, the flesh tones look a few shades too ruddy. I find colourizing an area in a flesh colour is often insufficient. verbflɛʃfleSH 1flesh something outno object Put weight on. 长肉，发胖 he had fleshed out to a solid 220 pounds 他发福到足有220磅重。 Example sentencesExamples However, in the previous months, Terri had gained a little weight, the hollows of her face and her neck fleshing out. As his body has filled out, his personality has fleshed out with it. Synonyms put on weight, gain weight, get heavier, grow fat, grow fatter, fatten up, get fat, fill out 1.1flesh something outwith object Add more details to something that exists only in a draft or outline form. 充实（草案，概要） the theorists have fleshed out a variety of scenarios Example sentencesExamples So, for four hours she sat thinking about Harry and fleshing out all the characters in the book. As a director he fleshes out his own screenplays with lights, cameras and action, but any shooting script is a bare-bones, incomplete thing. Questions remain as to how exactly this will be done as the Home Office shied away from fleshing out the detail yesterday. I'm fleshing out characters at the moment, and their individual storylines are coming together quite nicely. Biography fleshes out the daily realities of living as aliens in your own land and provides insight into indigenous history over the entire 20th century. But until he fleshes out his one-page sketch, I, for one, cannot see what else he can mean by a ‘top down’ approach to economic management. Further details of the move will be fleshed out at a press conference today. While the investigator fleshes out the complex, engaging character of the woman, the film draws out the equally complex and engaging character of the detective. Only in a few instances does he flesh his observations out in detail. She relays these stories, and fleshes out what she has discovered about her family, by going back to old records, and travelling across Canada to conduct research. However, as his campaign has been fleshed out and his positions, strategic instincts and political ability have become clear, I am even more enthusiastic about him. I think I was under the impression that I was going to come back to it and flesh it out in more detail. During the previous three years, little bits and pieces of the characters were fleshed out and expanded beyond simple, one-dimensional characters. Changes are natural and inevitable as the proposal is fleshed out; they can improve and strengthen the plan without affecting its integrity. Now a survey detailing ground levels, boundaries and drainage will be carried out so that outline plans can be fleshed out in to detailed designs. The story of their romance is not fleshed out very well. We've worked really hard at fleshing out the past of the character without giving away too much, and have put all the dream memories in chronological order. Penn does a marvelous job in fleshing out the little idiosyncratic elements of his character. It refutes clichés by making them specific and adding details, fleshing them out into their own incidents. I hope that fleshing out the mystique hasn't detracted at all from its allure. Synonyms expand, expand on, elaborate on, add to, build on, add flesh to, put flesh on, put flesh on the bones of, add detail to, expatiate on, supplement, reinforce, augment, extend, broaden, develop, fill out, enlarge on, embellish, embroider, enhance, amplify, refine, improve, polish, perfect 2with object Give (a hound or hawk) a piece of the flesh of game that has been killed in order to incite it. 用已杀死猎物的肉喂（猎犬或猎鹰），以刺激其捕猎 2.1literary Initiate (someone) in bloodshed or warfare. 〈诗/文〉激起…的杀性，使投入血战 he fleshed his troops by indulging them with enterprises against the enemy's posts 他放手让部队冒险攻打敌军驻地来激起他们的作战欲望。 3often as noun fleshingwith object Remove the flesh adhering to (a skin or hide) 刮掉（皮上的）肉 after fleshing, the hide is soaked again Phrases all flesh All human and animal life. 众生（指人类和一切动物） Example sentencesExamples And all flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died. ‘I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest’. From new moon to new moon, and from sabbath to sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, says the LORD. The bluebottle, Calliphora vomitoria, comes from the vanitas tradition in painting, of including a telling detail such as a worm eaten apple or a falling rose, as a reminder that all flesh is grass. No manuscripts could possibly have been found, even were they buried far beneath the rubble, for it was obvious that a tremendous heat had once suffused the entire region, one that would have consumed all flesh and wood and leather. In the incarnation we learn of the love of God for his creation; in the crucifixion we learn of the judgement of God upon all flesh; and in the resurrection we learn of God's will for a new world. As for the dirt, I was always under the impression that all flesh tastes the same to demons. Besides, in Genesis 9, God promised that He would never again send a flood to destroy all flesh and cover the earth - the rainbow being the sign of that promise. And the Lord spoke to Noah and said, ‘In one year, I am going to make it rain and cover the whole earth with water until all flesh is destroyed.’ The glory of God will be revealed, and all flesh together will see that the mouth of God has spoken. They were, we are, all flesh, and then we are all meat. Most surely old age is a disappointment if we have clung to this world as our highest good; for life is short, all flesh is as grass, all glory of man as the flower. But there's that fourth dimension, time, and on that fourth dimensional axis, all flesh is one, it's all connected. Against a culture that is set against nature and renders all flesh meaningless, the Mother of God is still able to proclaim God's presence within the blood and the milk, the cells and the atoms, of the material creation. It goes on to say, ‘Blessed are You, Lord, Who heals all flesh and acts wondrously.’ Toscanini conducts with an iron grip on proceedings with the massive ‘Behold, all flesh is as the grass’ sounding pretty foreboding and penetrating at the same time. ‘for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof’ (Leviticus 17: 14 KJV) And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. And the LORD said in His heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. If chance be the Father of all flesh, disaster is his rainbow in the sky go the way of all flesh Die or come to an end. 死，终结 Example sentencesExamples When published, they create a sudden stir, remain best-sellers for a few weeks and then go down the way of all flesh. From time to time they will crash not predictably but randomly, like a flood or a bad harvest- and your data will go the way of all flesh. Hopes have been consistently dashed as companies that betokened efforts to compete with Hollywood went the way of all flesh. For years I made do with a tape copy after the original vinyl went the way of all flesh. And in fact that was almost certainly why it went the way of all flesh. When we go the way of all flesh, we should request not to be buried with boots. My iPod went the way of all flesh (and has successfully been brought back to life). Few are rewarded with true freedom in this way; most go the way of all flesh in the ruthless killing sprees that usually follow a successful revolution. His second marriage also went the way of all flesh. Well, another year is going the way of all flesh, but never fear, another, brand new one is on the way. Synonyms pass away, pass on, lose one's life, depart this life, expire, breathe one's last, draw one's last breath, meet one's end, meet one's death, lay down one's life, be no more, perish, be lost, go the way of the flesh, go the way of all flesh, go to glory, go to one's last resting place, go to meet one's maker, cross the great divide, cross the styx in the flesh In person rather than via a telephone, a movie, the written word, or other means. 当面 they decided that they should meet Alexander in the flesh 他们决定应该见见亚历山大本人。 Example sentencesExamples At any rate, it turns out that I have recently met another blogger, in the flesh. She is a fascinating, beguiling woman who I feel very privileged to have met in the flesh. I can't banish the thought that people would only be disappointed to meet me in the flesh. He knew as much about angels as the next person, but he'd never met one in the flesh, as it were. The Fan Faire was a rare opportunity for them to meet in the flesh. There are stacks of people who have e-mailed me or commented over the last year or so who I would love to meet in the flesh. It was a splendid reminder of just how great live music is and how much better Quo are in the flesh. I never saw him in the flesh, but I saw him on the TV on countless occasions. Blackburn Rovers fans can meet one of their heroes in the flesh at a special signing session this afternoon. My friends use it, my family use it, there are people I've known for years in the flesh who know me by no other tag. What could be better than having the raunchy Anastacia live and in the flesh? Reminds me though, I once had a lunch with a blind colleague whom I'd spoken to on the phone a lot but not met in the flesh before. Not only does he not want journalists to meet people in the flesh, he will actively discourage them from doing any such thing. The plan is that gamers will have a chance to meet and talk in the flesh, as well as play each other online. It's very tough to make real judgments about people if you don't see them in the flesh. When he meets her again in the flesh on a car park after a gig he discovers she is in fact a ghost who has been dead for 300 years. She also knows all the words to his songs, to meet him in the flesh. Then they see me in the flesh and think I have lost too much weight. Anyone who met him in the flesh will know what an inspiring character he was. Some television personalities look more ordinary when you meet them in the flesh. Synonyms in person, before one's eyes, in front of one, before one's very eyes, in one's presence lose flesh archaic Become thinner. 〈古〉变瘦，消瘦 Example sentencesExamples And by squeezing out successively higher rungs of the lower and middle classes, our city's own public life loses flesh. make someone's flesh crawl (or creep) Cause someone to experience an uncomfortable sensation of horror or disgust. 使感到害怕（或恐惧，厌恶） I'd forgotten how much he makes my flesh crawl Example sentencesExamples It is the first business book that has made my flesh crawl, not because of some macabre metaphor, but because of the theory. Just the thought of his fingers on her skin made her flesh crawl, and she hoped that she would never meet him again. The way that the screeching jump also has sounds of a whip or a rope moving quickly through the air made my flesh crawl. His hands were an unearthly cold that made her flesh crawl. Ashes that used to be paper were spread all over the riveted metal floor, which was rusted beyond recognition, warped, misshapen, scattered with overturned furniture remains, and made our flesh crawl. Even in a movie with basically no dialogue, she made my flesh crawl. I don't know about you but it made my flesh crawl. Something about either the cover or the description on the packaging made my flesh crawl. His object, between now and May 5, is to make the nation 's flesh creep. The film effectively disturbed me in places, while its effects succeeded in making my flesh crawl here and there. one flesh Used to refer to the spiritual and physical union of two people in a relationship, especially marriage. 一体（指两人精神和肉体的结合关系，尤指婚姻） my body is his, his is mine: one flesh 我的身体是他的，他的身体是我的，我俩成为一体。 Example sentencesExamples So I talked about Eve being made from Adam, thus being one flesh and the basis of marriage/family, as Jesus taught. In a typically vivid image, Taylor summarizes his view that in the one flesh of marriage the differences between man and woman are almost overcome. Man and wife, by their marriage union, become one flesh; Christ and true believers, by this union, become one spirit. I believe many marriages fail because people pull in their own directions, and not as the one flesh God says they are. But we must remember the Lord's stress that marriage is the union of one flesh. Children express the two in one flesh of marriage. God likens this to the marriage relationship where two people become one flesh. The Bible than says, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.’ As St. Paul wrote, ‘The two shall become one flesh,’ indicating that in a true and complete marriage absolutely nothing is held back from one's spouse. Some students will readily conclude that this rule of law rejects the biblical view of marriage as two in one flesh and the family as an integrated moral unit. put flesh on (the bones of) something Add more details to something that exists only in a draft or outline form. 充实（草案，概要） he has yet to put flesh on his “big idea.” 他的“伟大构思”还有待他充实具体内容。 Example sentencesExamples With that in mind, Mr Prescott was putting flesh on the bones of devolution proposals for those in commerce, trade, manufacturing and business. But this powerful novel forces the reader on board, putting flesh on the bare bones of that well-known story. The bias is historical, the anecdotes putting flesh on the raw bones of the past. It was one of those pieces of legislation - a policy which was introduced very quickly, and we are now putting flesh on the bones of that particular policy. The play puts flesh on the bones of these divergent characters, as differences in social status gradually yielded to grudging admiration. The National Museum of Scotland is putting flesh on the bones of the tale this summer, with a major exhibition that looks at both the family's public and private life. Even so, it puts flesh on the frail bones of his Utopia. Peter Connolly of the Gallery Café puts flesh on the bones of that notion of difference. There were a lot of details left to be sorted out to put flesh on the bones. Much more scholarly research will need to be carried out to put flesh on the bones of this theory. Synonyms expand, expand on, elaborate on, add to, build on, add flesh to, flesh out, add detail to, expatiate on, supplement, reinforce, augment, extend, broaden, develop, fill out, enlarge on, embellish, embroider, enhance, amplify, refine, improve, polish, perfect put on flesh 长肉，发胖 Put on weight. 长肉，发胖 Example sentencesExamples The hope is, however, that this skeleton will put on flesh as time goes by. Confined to factory farms and genetically manipulated so that they put on flesh fast, their legs and hearts get so heavy in a few weeks that they can barely move to reach for food and water. sins of the flesh humorous, archaic Sins related to physical indulgence, especially sexual gratification. 〈古或幽默〉放纵；纵欲，淫荡 Example sentencesExamples He absorbs the corruption, the filth, the sins of the flesh, the manager giving him orders now drunk at the bar with his arms around two giggling blondes. The sins of the flesh - lust and gluttony - thus ‘devour the whole man’ like a monstrous mouth, so that the sinner's body is assimilated to that of the monstrous Behemoth. The cross of Christ dealt with us, and the sins of the flesh, and the life of Christ is made available to indwell, rebuild and empower us. The trouble was that despite being in holy orders they were easily tempted by the sins of the flesh. But a PR sweetie of my acquaintance, based in North Yorkshire, is suffering from the amazing safeguards imposed by her employers to protect the world from the sins of the flesh. That's what the aristocrats of 18 th-century Venice did when they celebrated Carnevale, their last chance to indulge the sins of the flesh before Lent. It's a city that has depended on sins of the flesh for its economic lifeblood (the bars, the casinos, the strip joints), but it is also a city that confesses its sins. It was seen as a blissful cornucopia of earthly blessings, easily accessible high-quality sins of the flesh, and delights of the spirit. He was known as the epitome of arrogance, a man with the highest regard for his own art, an iron will and a taste for what St Peter would regard as the sins of the flesh. The Church is not only about forbidding the use of contraception and warning against the sins of the flesh. Origin Old English flǣsc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlees and German Fleisch. noun.1 phr.
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