corpse 音标拼音: [k'ɔrps]
n . 尸体
屍体
corpse n 1 :
the dead body of a human being ; "
the cadaver was intended for dissection "; "
the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse "; "
the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river "; "
honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay " [
synonym : {
cadaver }, {
corpse },
{
stiff }, {
clay }, {
remains }]
Corpse \
Corpse \ (
k [^
o ]
rps ),
n . [
OF .
cors (
sometimes written corps ),
F .
corps ,
L .
corpus ;
akin to AS .
hrif womb .
See {
Midriff },
and cf . {
Corse }, {
Corselet }, {
Corps }, {
Cuerpo }.]
1 .
A human body in general ,
whether living or dead ; --
sometimes contemptuously . [
Obs .]
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1913 Webster ]
Note :
Formerly written (
after the French form )
corps .
See {
Corps },
n .,
1 .
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2 .
The dead body of a human being ; --
used also Fig .
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He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit ,
and it sprung upon its feet . --
D .
Webster .
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{
Corpse candle }.
(
a )
A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake ,
or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment .
(
b )
A luminous appearance ,
resembling the flame of a candle ,
sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places ,
superstitiously regarded as portending death .
{
Corpse gate },
the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried ,
often having a covered porch ; --
called also {
lich gate }.
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1913 Webster ]
Corpulence 49 Moby Thesaurus words for "
corpse ":
ashes ,
barebones ,
bean pole ,
beanstalk ,
body ,
bones ,
broomstick ,
cadaver ,
carcass ,
carrion ,
clay ,
clothes pole ,
corpus delicti ,
crowbait ,
dead body ,
dead man ,
dead person ,
decedent ,
dry bones ,
dust ,
earth ,
embalmed corpse ,
food for worms ,
lanky ,
late lamented ,
mortal remains ,
mummification ,
mummy ,
organic remains ,
rattlebones ,
relics ,
reliquiae ,
remains ,
shadow ,
skeleton ,
slim ,
spindlelegs ,
spindleshanks ,
stack of bones ,
stiff ,
stilt ,
tenement of clay ,
the dead ,
the deceased ,
the defunct ,
the departed ,
the loved one ,
twiggy ,
walking skeleton CORPSE .
The dead body (
q .
v .)
of a human being .
Russ . &
Ry .
366 ,
n .;
2 T .
R .
733 ;
1 Leach ,
497 ;
16 Eng .
Com .
L .
Rep .
413 ;
8 Pick .
370 ;
Dig .
47 ,
12 ,
3 ,
7 Id .
11 ,
7 ,
38 ;
Code ,
3 ,
441 .
2 .
As a corpse is considered as nullius bonis ,
or the property of no one ,
it follows that stealing it ,
is not ,
at common law ,
a larceny .
3 Inst .
203 .
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