Definition of corpse in English:

corpse

noun kɔːpskɔrps

A dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal.
死尸；（尤指人的）尸体
the corpse of a man lay there
figurative he believed that fascism would revive the corpse of Europe
Example sentencesExamples
- A weeping elderly woman identified one of the corpses as her dead husband.
- He raced away from the stunned group of men, staring at their dead comrades' burnt corpses.
- Von Hagens, who was born in 1945, is reported to have had a lively interest in the human body, particularly in corpses, since he was a child.
- Then for the next 8 hours during the second stage I evacuated corpses or dead bodies.
- And he couldn't just leave her here either, since someone's bound to find the corpses of the dead gang members.
- The records say he had some medical training but aside from carving up dead corpses, I never saw anything to indicate that it's true.
- I realized today that, all week, I've been referring to the dead I've seen as bodies and corpses.
- They ran over the dead grass, now strewn with dead bodies and corpses.
- I'm trying to eat my breakfast but I can see his corpse lying in a body bag on the glacier.
- The commander quickly moved on without glancing twice at the dead corpses, hoping that he would not join them in battle.
- One night, while trying to get his friend Malik some free studio time, he stumbles upon the lifeless corpses of two dead bodyguards.
- Bushes lay crushed and we found countless corpses of animals that looked as if something had really torn into them.
- We first saw a hand swinging in and out of the door and we thought we saw a dead corpse.
- Therefore he has dug one small cove in the ice and has passed the night with the corpses of the six dead men.
- She looked back down at the corpses of the dead guards and the bodies of the unconscious guards.
- He secured a job in a medical school morgue and did his earliest performances with dead animals and human corpses.
- Mourning families had been forced to keep the corpses of dead loved ones in their homes because there was no way undertakers could reach them.
- Lisa Morgan, 30, a legal secretary from Chatham, Kent, clung to a tree for six hours, surrounded by human corpses and dead animals.
- Medical personnel fear an outbreak of cholera and other contagious diseases if the bodies of the corpses are not cleared before they start decaying.
- He emphasizes that their dead bodies, their corpses, will fall in the wilderness.
Synonyms
dead body, body, cadaver, carcass, skeleton
remains, relics
informal stiff
archaic corse

verb kɔːps

[no object]theatrical slang

1Spoil a piece of acting by forgetting one's lines or laughing uncontrollably.
〈舞台俚语〉（因忘记台词或控制不住地笑而）演砸
Peter just can't stop himself corpsing when he is on stage
Example sentencesExamples
- They may acknowledge that a lot of people corpsed but they always blame that on problems with the set.
- That's why everyone has a story about a Wise Man corpsing at a key moment, or a showboating Shepherd hogging the limelight.
- You want a channel full of in-jokes and presenters corpsing on air?
- We finished the dress rehearsal an hour before we let the audience in, and were still finding scenes we could not get through without corpsing (actors laughing at each other on stage) or things that needed to be re-staged for props to work.
- Many performers succumb to corpsing, and I have on occasion been known to set it up, while of course retaining the semblance of a consummate professional.
1. 1.1with object Cause (an actor) to forget their lines and start laughing.
  one singer ad libbed and corpsed his colleagues on stage

Origin

Middle English (denoting the living body of a person or animal): alteration of corse by association with Latin corpus, a change which also took place in French (Old French cors becoming corps). The p was originally silent, as in French; the final e was rare before the 19th century, but now distinguishes corpse from corps.

At one time corpses did not have to be dead. Until the early 18th century a corpse (from Latin corpus ‘body’) could be the living body of a person or animal, as in ‘We often see…a fair and beautiful corpse but a foul and ugly mind’ (Thomas Walkington, 1607). You would need to specify ‘a dead corpse’ or some similar expression if you were talking about a dead body. In time, you could simply say ‘a corpse’ and people would assume that you meant a dead person. The p used to be silent and the final e was rare before the 19th century. In fact, corpse and corps (late 16th century), ‘a division of an army’ are basically the same word. Latin corpus has given us several words, among them corporation (Late Middle English), corpulent (Late Middle English) or ‘fat’, corset (Middle English) a ‘little body’, and incorporate (Late Middle English). A corporal (mid 16th century) is in charge of a ‘body’ of troops.

Definition of corpse in US English:

corpse

nounkôrpskɔrps

A dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal.
死尸；（尤指人的）尸体
Example sentencesExamples
- Bushes lay crushed and we found countless corpses of animals that looked as if something had really torn into them.
- Von Hagens, who was born in 1945, is reported to have had a lively interest in the human body, particularly in corpses, since he was a child.
- I realized today that, all week, I've been referring to the dead I've seen as bodies and corpses.
- A weeping elderly woman identified one of the corpses as her dead husband.
- He raced away from the stunned group of men, staring at their dead comrades' burnt corpses.
- He secured a job in a medical school morgue and did his earliest performances with dead animals and human corpses.
- Medical personnel fear an outbreak of cholera and other contagious diseases if the bodies of the corpses are not cleared before they start decaying.
- The commander quickly moved on without glancing twice at the dead corpses, hoping that he would not join them in battle.
- I'm trying to eat my breakfast but I can see his corpse lying in a body bag on the glacier.
- They ran over the dead grass, now strewn with dead bodies and corpses.
- The records say he had some medical training but aside from carving up dead corpses, I never saw anything to indicate that it's true.
- One night, while trying to get his friend Malik some free studio time, he stumbles upon the lifeless corpses of two dead bodyguards.
- Lisa Morgan, 30, a legal secretary from Chatham, Kent, clung to a tree for six hours, surrounded by human corpses and dead animals.
- Then for the next 8 hours during the second stage I evacuated corpses or dead bodies.
- We first saw a hand swinging in and out of the door and we thought we saw a dead corpse.
- Mourning families had been forced to keep the corpses of dead loved ones in their homes because there was no way undertakers could reach them.
- He emphasizes that their dead bodies, their corpses, will fall in the wilderness.
- And he couldn't just leave her here either, since someone's bound to find the corpses of the dead gang members.
- She looked back down at the corpses of the dead guards and the bodies of the unconscious guards.
- Therefore he has dug one small cove in the ice and has passed the night with the corpses of the six dead men.
Synonyms
dead body, body, cadaver, carcass, skeleton

Origin

Middle English (denoting the living body of a person or animal): alteration of corse by association with Latin corpus, a change which also took place in French ( Old French cors becoming corps). The p was originally silent, as in French; the final e was rare before the 19th century, but now distinguishes corpse from corps.

单词	corpse
释义	Definition of corpse in English: corpse noun kɔːpskɔrps A dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal. 死尸；（尤指人的）尸体 the corpse of a man lay there figurative he believed that fascism would revive the corpse of Europe Example sentencesExamples A weeping elderly woman identified one of the corpses as her dead husband. He raced away from the stunned group of men, staring at their dead comrades' burnt corpses. Von Hagens, who was born in 1945, is reported to have had a lively interest in the human body, particularly in corpses, since he was a child. Then for the next 8 hours during the second stage I evacuated corpses or dead bodies. And he couldn't just leave her here either, since someone's bound to find the corpses of the dead gang members. The records say he had some medical training but aside from carving up dead corpses, I never saw anything to indicate that it's true. I realized today that, all week, I've been referring to the dead I've seen as bodies and corpses. They ran over the dead grass, now strewn with dead bodies and corpses. I'm trying to eat my breakfast but I can see his corpse lying in a body bag on the glacier. The commander quickly moved on without glancing twice at the dead corpses, hoping that he would not join them in battle. One night, while trying to get his friend Malik some free studio time, he stumbles upon the lifeless corpses of two dead bodyguards. Bushes lay crushed and we found countless corpses of animals that looked as if something had really torn into them. We first saw a hand swinging in and out of the door and we thought we saw a dead corpse. Therefore he has dug one small cove in the ice and has passed the night with the corpses of the six dead men. She looked back down at the corpses of the dead guards and the bodies of the unconscious guards. He secured a job in a medical school morgue and did his earliest performances with dead animals and human corpses. Mourning families had been forced to keep the corpses of dead loved ones in their homes because there was no way undertakers could reach them. Lisa Morgan, 30, a legal secretary from Chatham, Kent, clung to a tree for six hours, surrounded by human corpses and dead animals. Medical personnel fear an outbreak of cholera and other contagious diseases if the bodies of the corpses are not cleared before they start decaying. He emphasizes that their dead bodies, their corpses, will fall in the wilderness. Synonyms dead body, body, cadaver, carcass, skeleton remains, relics informal stiff archaic corse verb kɔːps [no object]theatrical slang 1Spoil a piece of acting by forgetting one's lines or laughing uncontrollably. 〈舞台俚语〉（因忘记台词或控制不住地笑而）演砸 Peter just can't stop himself corpsing when he is on stage Example sentencesExamples They may acknowledge that a lot of people corpsed but they always blame that on problems with the set. That's why everyone has a story about a Wise Man corpsing at a key moment, or a showboating Shepherd hogging the limelight. You want a channel full of in-jokes and presenters corpsing on air? We finished the dress rehearsal an hour before we let the audience in, and were still finding scenes we could not get through without corpsing (actors laughing at each other on stage) or things that needed to be re-staged for props to work. Many performers succumb to corpsing, and I have on occasion been known to set it up, while of course retaining the semblance of a consummate professional. 1.1with object Cause (an actor) to forget their lines and start laughing. one singer ad libbed and corpsed his colleagues on stage Origin Middle English (denoting the living body of a person or animal): alteration of corse by association with Latin corpus, a change which also took place in French (Old French cors becoming corps). The p was originally silent, as in French; the final e was rare before the 19th century, but now distinguishes corpse from corps. At one time corpses did not have to be dead. Until the early 18th century a corpse (from Latin corpus ‘body’) could be the living body of a person or animal, as in ‘We often see…a fair and beautiful corpse but a foul and ugly mind’ (Thomas Walkington, 1607). You would need to specify ‘a dead corpse’ or some similar expression if you were talking about a dead body. In time, you could simply say ‘a corpse’ and people would assume that you meant a dead person. The p used to be silent and the final e was rare before the 19th century. In fact, corpse and corps (late 16th century), ‘a division of an army’ are basically the same word. Latin corpus has given us several words, among them corporation (Late Middle English), corpulent (Late Middle English) or ‘fat’, corset (Middle English) a ‘little body’, and incorporate (Late Middle English). A corporal (mid 16th century) is in charge of a ‘body’ of troops. Definition of corpse in US English: corpse nounkôrpskɔrps A dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal. 死尸；（尤指人的）尸体 Example sentencesExamples Bushes lay crushed and we found countless corpses of animals that looked as if something had really torn into them. Von Hagens, who was born in 1945, is reported to have had a lively interest in the human body, particularly in corpses, since he was a child. I realized today that, all week, I've been referring to the dead I've seen as bodies and corpses. A weeping elderly woman identified one of the corpses as her dead husband. He raced away from the stunned group of men, staring at their dead comrades' burnt corpses. He secured a job in a medical school morgue and did his earliest performances with dead animals and human corpses. Medical personnel fear an outbreak of cholera and other contagious diseases if the bodies of the corpses are not cleared before they start decaying. The commander quickly moved on without glancing twice at the dead corpses, hoping that he would not join them in battle. I'm trying to eat my breakfast but I can see his corpse lying in a body bag on the glacier. They ran over the dead grass, now strewn with dead bodies and corpses. The records say he had some medical training but aside from carving up dead corpses, I never saw anything to indicate that it's true. One night, while trying to get his friend Malik some free studio time, he stumbles upon the lifeless corpses of two dead bodyguards. Lisa Morgan, 30, a legal secretary from Chatham, Kent, clung to a tree for six hours, surrounded by human corpses and dead animals. Then for the next 8 hours during the second stage I evacuated corpses or dead bodies. We first saw a hand swinging in and out of the door and we thought we saw a dead corpse. Mourning families had been forced to keep the corpses of dead loved ones in their homes because there was no way undertakers could reach them. He emphasizes that their dead bodies, their corpses, will fall in the wilderness. And he couldn't just leave her here either, since someone's bound to find the corpses of the dead gang members. She looked back down at the corpses of the dead guards and the bodies of the unconscious guards. Therefore he has dug one small cove in the ice and has passed the night with the corpses of the six dead men. Synonyms dead body, body, cadaver, carcass, skeleton Origin Middle English (denoting the living body of a person or animal): alteration of corse by association with Latin corpus, a change which also took place in French ( Old French cors becoming corps). The p was originally silent, as in French; the final e was rare before the 19th century, but now distinguishes corpse from corps.
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