- the physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal(人、动物的)身体, 躯体:
it's important to keep your body in good condition
保持身体健康很重要
as modifier body temperature.体温。
- a corpse尸体:
they found his body washed up on the beach.
他们发现他的尸体被冲到了海滩上。
- mass noun the physical and mortal aspect of a person as opposed to the soul or spirit(与灵魂或精神相对的)肉体:
we're together in body and spirit.
我们的灵魂和肉体都在一起。
- informal a person's body regarded as an object of sexual desire〈非正式〉(满足肉欲的)身体:
He was just after her body.
他追求的只是她的肉体。
- informal, dated a person, typically one of a specified type or character〈非正式, 旧〉(尤指某种类型或性格的)人:
a motherly body.
充满母爱的人。
- the trunk apart from the head and the limbs(除头、四肢以外的)躯干:
the blow almost severed his head from his body.
这一击差点使他身首异处。
the body of
the main or central part of something, especially a building or text, as distinct from subordinate or additional parts(建筑物的)主体, 主楼; (文章的)主干, 正文:information that changes regularly is kept apart from the main body of the text.
经常变化的信息和文章的正文分开。
- the main section of a car or aircraft车身; 机身:
the body of the aircraft was filled with smoke.
机身弥漫着烟雾。
- a large or substantial amount of something; a mass or collection of something大量; 大批:
a rich body of Canadian folklore
丰富的加拿大民间传说
large bodies of seawater
汪洋大海。
- a woman's close-fitting stretch garment for the upper body, fastening at the crotch(连于胯部的)女式弹力紧身上衣。
- (in pottery) a clay used for making the main part of ceramic ware, as distinct from a glaze(制陶用语)坯体。
- a group of people with a common purpose or function acting as an organized unit机构, 社团, 团体:
regulatory body
管理机构
international bodies of experts.
国际专家团。
- often with adj. technical a distinct piece of matter; a material object〈技〉物体, 天体:
the path taken by the falling body.
坠落物体的运行路线。
- mass noun a full or substantial quality of flavour in wine(酒的)醇度。
- fullness or thickness of a person's hair(头发的)稠密度, 丰盈度:
restructuring formulations help to add body.
调整配方可以使头发变得浓密。
- (body something forth) give material form to something abstract赋予(抽象事物)以形体, 使具体化:
he bodied forth the traditional Prussian remedy for all ills.
他把传统的普鲁士药方用于治疗各种疾病。
- build the bodywork of (a motor vehicle)制造(汽车)的车身:
an era when automobiles were bodied over wooden frames.
用木头框架制造车身的时代。
body and soul
- involving every aspect of a person; completely全身心地, 整个儿地:
the company owned them body and soul.
他们完全属于这家公司。
in a body
- all together; as a group一块儿; 集体地:
they departed in a body.
他们一起离开了。
keep body and soul together
- stay alive, especially in difficult circumstances苟活, 勉强活下去:
do you think a man can keep body and soul together by selling coconuts?
你以为靠卖椰子就能活命?
over my dead body
- informal used to emphasize that one completely opposes something and would do anything to prevent it from happening〈非正式〉[表示强调]在自己拼死反对某事的情况下:
she moves into our home over my dead body.
她不顾我极力反对搬到我们家来。
bodied
adjective一架宽机身喷气式飞机。