释义 |
carcass (UK also carcase) UK ['kɑ:.kəs] US ['kɑ:r-] noun countable ■the body of a dead animal, especially a large one that is soon to be cut up as meat or eaten by wild animals (尤指大型动物的)尸体;(供野生动物食用的)畜体•Vultures flew around in the sky waiting to pick at the rotting carcass of the deer.秃鹰在天空盘旋等待着啄食鹿的渐渐腐烂的尸体。 •slang Move your great carcass (= your body) out of that chair!把你庞大的身躯从那把椅子上移开! ■the frame of an old or broken object, car, ship, etc. (破旧物品、汽车、船等的)残骸,骨架•Carcasses of burnt-out vehicles lined the roads near the scene of the worst fighting.在战斗最激烈的地点附近,道路两旁排列着被烧毁的汽车残骸。 |