corpse
noun/kɔːps/
/kɔːrps/
- a dead body, especially of a human
尸体；（尤指人的）死尸，尸首 - The corpse was barely recognizable.
这具尸体几乎无从辨认。
Extra ExamplesTopics Life stagesc2- The corpse had been laid out on a marble slab.
尸体被放在一张大理石板上作了殡葬准备。 - The ground was littered with the corpses of enemy soldiers.
地上到处都是敌军士兵的尸体。 - They saw the corpse sprawled on the steps.
他们看到那具尸体四肢伸开躺在台阶上。 - We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet.
我们路过一具悬在绞刑架上的土匪乾尸。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- human
- naked
- bloody
- …
- lay out
- discover
- find
- …
- be sprawled
- lie
- be littered with corpses
- be strewn with corpses
Word OriginMiddle English (denoting the living body of a person or animal): alteration of archaic 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 cent., but now distinguishes corpse from corps. - The corpse was barely recognizable.