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| /fleʃ/ |
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| 1 | the soft part of people’ s or animals’ bodies that consists mostly of muscle and fat 肉 |
| The dog’ s teeth sank into my flesh. 狗牙咬进了我的肉里。 |
| | 1a | a person’ s skin （人的）皮肤 | | I felt the soft flesh of his cheek. 我摸了摸他脸蛋上软软的肉。 | |
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| 2 | the soft part of a fruit or vegetable that is under the skin 果肉；蔬菜的可食部分 |
| These pears have a sweet, juicy flesh. 这些梨的果肉香甜多汁。 |
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| 3 | the flesh physical experiences and feelings, especially sexual ones, rather than mental or spiritual experiences 肉欲，情欲（与心理或精神体验相对） |
| the pleasures of the flesh He often preached against the pleasures of the flesh. 他经常布道谴责情欲之乐。 |
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| - | in the flesh
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| present here and now , instead of by television , telephone , radio etc |
| 当面；本人 |
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| It was a pleasure to finally meet him in the flesh. 很高兴终于见到了他本人。 |
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| - | make sb’ s fleshcrawl/creep
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| to make someone feel afraid or disgusted |
| 使某人害怕；令某人恶心 |
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| The thought of him makes my flesh creep. 想到他就让我恶心。 |
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| - | put flesh on (the bones of) sth
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| to give more details about something so that people can see more clearly what it would be like |
| 充实某事物的内容 |
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| We need you to put some flesh on the bones of these proposals. 我们需要你给这些建议补充一些细节。 |
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| See also | | - pound 1 | | - press 2 | | - thorn | |
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