6middle part 中間部分CENTRAL PART [countableC]BODY the central part of a person or animal’s body, not including the head, arms, legs, or wings 〔人或動物的〕軀幹,軀體
Nick had bruises on his face and body.
尼克臉上和身上都有瘀傷。
The bird has a small body and long wings.
這種鳥身體小,翅膀長。
7vehicle 交通工具VEHICLE [countableC]TTC the main structure of a vehicle not including the engine, wheels etc 主體部分
Workers at the factory are making steel bodies for cars.
工廠裏的工人正在打造鋼鐵車身。
8object 物體SEPARATE OBJECT [countableC]SEPARATE technical an object that is separate from other objects 物體
Keep the caps on the bottles to prevent foreign bodies entering them (=objects that should not be there).
125full/medium/light-bodied used to describe how much taste an alcoholic drink has, with a full bodied drink having the strongest taste酒味醇厚的/中度的/清淡的
a full bodied wine
醇厚的葡萄酒
13keep body and soul togetherSURVIVEto continue to exist with only just enough food, money etc 勉強維持生活,掙錢糊口
He’s working at the shop to keep body and soul together.
他在這家商店裏工作以維持生計。
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keep body and soul together• Strugglingpeasants they'd be for the most part, trying to keep body and soul together in difficulttimes.
14body and soul
a)COMPLETELYcompletely 全身心地,完全地
She threw herself body and soul into her work.
她全心全意地投入工作。
b)the whole of a person 全身
They think they own the employees, body and soul.
他們認爲僱員從頭到腳都是他們的財産。
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body and soul• The materials do include assertions about the constitution of humans and do make a distinction between body and soul.• Yet there was, in Orphism, a distinction between body and soul.• By extension, bodies and souls can exist independently since they are different sorts of entities.• He'd have wished to own her, body and soul, to possess her.• She devoted herself body and soul to the fight for women's rights.• She'd finally realised that what she needed was to commit mind, body and soul into something challenging and exciting.• Thus far Plato and Aristotleattributesimilarstatements to the Orphics: body and soul are separable.• It lasted only one and a half hours but it satisfiedbody and soul.• But now there is a new battle for the body and soul of Rolls-Royce.• It makes your body and soul feel better.
body weight/temperature/size• Thus, it is essential to monitor urineflow, serum tonicity, and body weight during the deprivation.• Controllingbody temperature: problems of the elderly and the very young. 8.• The student sits on the floor and opens his legs in front of him, pushing his body weightforward as far as it will go.• Extrapolating this knowledge to a 10-tondinosaur, they calculated that a one-degree rise in body temperature would take some 86 hours.• Readings were only normal when I was walking, perhaps because of the tendency of exertion to increase body temperature.• The gene is also associated with increased body weight.• Relative to its body size, the parrot has the biggest brain of all.• Scramblingnets need more awareness and control of body weight than fixedframes.
1whole physical form of a person/an animal身體ADJECTIVE | VERB + BODY | BODY + VERB | BODY + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤entire, whole全身◇Her whole body trembled.她全身發抖。➤lower, upper下半身;上半身▸➤healthy健康的身體▸➤human人體➤female, male女人的/男人的身體➤naked, nude裸體➤fit, lithe, muscular, perfect, toned健康的/柔軟靈活的/肌肉發達的/完美的/結實的身體➤frail, lean, slender, slim, thin, tiny虛弱的/精瘦的/苗條的/修長的/瘦弱的/瘦小的身體➤fat肥胖的身體➤limp, unconscious無力的/失去知覺的身體VERB + BODY➤rack使身體遭受劇烈痛苦◇Pain racked her body.疼痛折磨着她的身體。BODY + VERB➤ache身體上的疼痛➤shake, tremble身體顫抖➤convulse身體抽搐➤stiffen, tense身體變得僵硬/緊張BODY + NOUN➤heat, temperature體溫▸➤mass, shape, size, weight身體質量;體形;個頭;體重◇to maintain your ideal body weight保持理想的體重➤fat, fluids體內脂肪;體液▸➤parts身體部位▸➤odour/odor體味➤armour/armor防彈衣➤piercing人體穿孔➤image身體意象▸➤language肢體語言PREPOSITION➤in the/your body在身體裏◇Extreme heat may cause changes in the body.溫度過高可能導致體內發生變化。➤on the/your body在身體上◇She still had the marks from the ropes on her body.她身上仍有繩子綁過的痕跡。PHRASES➤part of the body身體部位▸➤sell your body (= to work as a prostitute)出賣肉體body
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2dead human body人的屍體ADJECTIVE | VERB + BODY | BODY + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤dead, lifeless死屍▸➤mangled, mutilated殘缺的/肢解的屍體▸➤decomposed, decomposing腐爛的/正在腐爛的屍體▸➤bloated腫脹的屍體VERB + BODY➤discover, find, recover發現/找到/找回屍體▸➤examine驗屍▸➤bury, cremate, embalm埋葬屍體;焚化屍體;給屍體做防腐處理▸➤exhume挖掘屍體BODY + NOUN➤count (= the number of people killed)死亡人數◇The body count is growing all the time.死亡人數一直在增加。➤bag運屍袋◇soldiers who come home in body bags裝在運屍袋裏回國的士兵PREPOSITION➤on a/the body在屍體身上◇A diary was found on the body.在屍體身上發現了一本日記。body
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3amount of sth量ADJECTIVE | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤growing, large, substantial, vast越來越多的量;大量;可觀的數量;巨大的數量◇a substantial body of evidence大量的證據PHRASES➤a body of water一片水域◇The two islands are separated by a large body of water.兩個島嶼被一大片水域隔開。body
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4main part of sth主體ADJECTIVE➤main主體◇The bar is in the main body of the hotel.酒吧在賓館的主樓。body
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5group of people who work/act together集體;團體ADJECTIVE | VERB + BODYADJECTIVE➤advisory, corporate, executive, governing, legislative, professional, public, regulatory, sanctioning, statutory (BrE) 顧問團;法人團體;行政機關;管理機構;立法機關;職業團體;公共機構;監管機構;批準機構;法定團體➤international, national國際團體;全國性機關▸➤government, governmental政府機關▸➤student學生團體▸➤independent獨立團體▸➤voluntary (especially BrE) 志願團體▸➤elected選舉產生的機構▸➤politic (always after body總用於 body 後)國家◇Freedom of speech is necessary for the health of the body politic.言論自由是國家實現良性運行所必需的。VERB + BODY➤create, establish, form建立團體;成立機構body
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6object物體ADJECTIVE➤foreign異物◇They removed a foreign body from her eye.他們清除了她眼睛中的異物。➤celestial, heavenly天體◇Stars are celestial bodies.星星是天體。
body noun ⇨body1 (Her whole body trembled.)⇨body2 (a dead body)⇨committee (a governing body)⇨frame (the body of the car)⇨point (the body of the text)body1
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Her whole body trembled.她渾身發抖。a dead body一具屍體body ♦︎ skeleton ♦︎ figure ♦︎ physique ♦︎ build ♦︎ anatomyThese are all words for the physical structure or shape of a person or animal.這些詞均表示人或動物的軀體或體形。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆the human body / skeleton / figure / anatomy◆a / the female / male body / skeleton / figure / anatomy◆a good body / figure / physique◆a powerful body / physique / build◆a slim body / figure / build◆to have a good, large, slim, etc. body / figure / physique / build◆a part of the body / anatomy■body [countable] the whole physical structure of a human being or animal身體;軀體◆Her whole body was trembling.她渾身發抖。◆He pulled the sheet up over his naked body.他拉過床單蓋住赤裸的身體。◆The heart pumps blood around the body.心髒把血液輸送到全身。◆body weight / size / temperature / heat體重;身材;體溫;體熱◆body fat / tissues身體的脂肪/組織■skeleton ˈskelɪtn [countable] the structure of bones that supports the body of a person or animal; a model of this structure骨骼;骨架;骨骼標本◆The human skeleton consists of 206 bones.人體骨骼由206塊骨頭組成。◆a dinosaur skeleton恐龍骨架■figure [countable] the shape of a person's body, especially a woman's body that is attractive身材;體形;(尤指女性優美的)身段◆She's always had a good figure.她身材一向很好。◆I'm watching my figure(= trying not to get fat).我一直注意保持身材。 see also figure ⇨ shapenoun■physique fɪˈziːk [countable, uncountable] (oftenapproving) the size and shape of a person's body體格;體形◆He has the physique of a rugby player.他有着橄欖球運動員的體格。◆She doesn't have the physique to be a dancer.她的體形不適合做舞蹈演員。■build [uncountable, countable, usually singular] the size and shape of a person's body體形;體格;身材◆He was described as a man of average build.他被描述爲一個中等身材的人。◆He's heavier in build than his brother.他比他哥哥體格壯實。NOTE辨析 Physique or build?A person's physique is often described in approving terms. * physique指人的體格和體形時常用作褒義詞◆his magnificent / muscular physique他魁偉/強壯的體格◆the physique of an athlete / a bodybuilder運動員/健身者的身材Build is simply a descriptive term, neither approving or disapproving, and is mostly concerned with a person's size. * build只是描述性的詞,不含褒貶,大多跟人的塊頭相關◆to be of average / medium / slight / slim / heavy / strong build中等身材;身材瘦小;體形苗條;體格粗壯/強壯■anatomy əˈnætəmi [countable, uncountable] the structure of an animal or plant(動植物的)結構,解剖◆the anatomy of the horse馬的身體構造◆human anatomy人體解剖ⓘ In humorous language sb's anatomy is their body.在幽默語中anatomy指人體◆ (humorous) Various parts of his anatomy were clearly visible.他身體的各個部位都清晰可見。body2
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Her whole body trembled.她渾身發抖。a dead body一具屍體body ♦︎ corpse ♦︎ carcass ♦︎ remainsThese are all words for the body of a dead person or animal.這些詞均表示人或動物的屍體。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆to identify / bury a body / a corpse / remains■body [countable] the body of a dead person or animal屍體;死屍◆a dead body一具屍體◆The family of the missing girl has been called in by the police to identify the body.失蹤女孩的家人已被警察叫來認屍。◆His body is being brought back to his home town for burial.他的遺體正送回家鄉安葬。■corpsekɔːps; NAmEkɔːrps [countable] a dead body, especially of a human being(尤指人的)屍體◆The corpse was barely recognizable.這具屍體幾乎無從辨認。◆The ground was littered with the corpses of enemy soldiers.地上到處都是敵軍士兵的屍體。NOTE辨析 Body or corpse?Body is a gentler word to use than corpse. It reminds you that this was once a person who was alive, possibly sb that you knew. Corpse is a more direct and unpleasant word; it is used especially when you do not know or do not care who the dead person was, or when you want to make the reality of death more shocking. * body比corpse語氣溫和,提醒你那人曾經活着,可能你還認識。corpse更直接冷酷。當你不認識或不在意死者是誰,或者想使死亡這個事實更加觸目驚心時,尤用corpse。■carcass (BrE also, less frequentcarcase) ˈkɑːkəs; NAmEˈkɑːrkəs [countable] the dead body of an animal, especially of a large one or of one that is ready for cutting up as meat動物屍體;(尤指供食用的)畜體◆There were vultures scavenging for carcasses on the road.兀鹫在啄食路上的動物屍體。◆She boiled up the chicken carcass(= the bones of a cooked chicken) to make soup.她用雞骨頭煮湯。■remains [plural] (ratherformal) the body of a dead person or animal, especially sb/sth that has been dead for a long time(尤指已死去很久的人或動物的)遺體,遺骸◆human remains人的遺骸◆The remains have been identified as those of a Mr Thomas, who lived in Richmond.那具遺骸已被辨認出是住在裏士滿的叫托馬斯的男人。