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🔑 flesh BrE /fleʃ / NAmE /fleʃ / noun 🔑 [ U ] the soft substance between the skin and bones of animal or human bodies ◆ The trap had cut deeply into the rabbit's flesh . ◆ Tigers are flesh -eating animals . ◆ the smell of rotting flesh [ U ] the skin of the human body ◆ His fingers closed around the soft flesh of her arm . ◆ flesh -coloured (= a light brownish pink colour 🔑 [ U ] the soft part of fruit and vegetables , especially when it is eaten the flesh [ sing. ] (literary the human body when considering its physical and sexual needs , rather than the mind or soul ◆ the pleasures /sins of the flesh ● ˌflesh and ˈblood when you say that sb is flesh and blood , you mean that they are a normal human with needs , emotions and weaknesses ◆ Listening to the cries was more than flesh and blood could stand . ● your (ˌown ) ˌflesh and ˈblood a person that you are related to ● in the ˈflesh if you see sb in the flesh , you are in the same place as them and actually see them rather than just seeing a picture of them ● make your ˈflesh creep to make you feel afraid or full of disgust ● put flesh on (the bones of ) sth to develop a basic idea , etc . by giving more details to make it more complete ◆ The strength of the book is that it puts flesh on the bare bones of this argument . ● (have , get , want , etc .) your pound of ˈflesh the full amount that sb owes you , even if this will cause them trouble or suffering ORIGIN From Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice , in which the moneylender Shylock demanded a pound of flesh from Antonio's body if he could not pay back the money he borrowed . 源自莎士比亚的《威尼斯商人》。如果安东尼奥不能偿还借款，放债者夏洛克就要割他身上的一磅肉抵债。 ● ˌpress (the ) ˈflesh (informal (of a famous person or politician 名人或政治人物 to say hello to people by shaking hands ● the ˌspirit is ˈwilling (but the ˌflesh is ˈweak )(humorous saying you intend to do good things but you are too lazy , weak or busy to actually do them ● a thorn in sb's ˈflesh /ˈside a person or thing that repeatedly annoys sb or stops them from doing sth ● go the way of all ˈflesh (saying to die 🔑 flesh BrE /fleʃ / NAmE /fleʃ / verb present simple - I / you / we / they flesh BrE /fleʃ / NAmE /fleʃ / present simple - he / she / it fleshes BrE /ˈfleʃɪz / NAmE /ˈfleʃɪz / past simple fleshed BrE /fleʃt / NAmE /fleʃt / past participle fleshed BrE /fleʃt / NAmE /fleʃt / -ing form fleshing BrE /ˈfleʃɪŋ / NAmE /ˈfleʃɪŋ / ● ˌflesh sth↔ˈout to add more information or details to a plan , an argument , etc . ◆ These points were fleshed out in the later parts of the speech .
