flesh
noun /fleʃ/
/fleʃ/
Idioms - [uncountable] the soft substance between the skin and bones of animal or human bodies
（动物或人的）肉 - The trap had cut deeply into the rabbit's flesh.
捕夹深深嵌入了兔子的肉里。 - Tigers are flesh-eating animals.
虎是食肉动物。 - the smell of rotting flesh
腐肉的气味
Topics Foodc1, Bodyc1- African hunting dogs will tear at the flesh of their victim until it is weak.
非洲猎狗会撕咬猎物的皮肉，直到猎物变得虚弱不堪。 - Babies are born not just as bundles of flesh and bone but with already distinctive personalities.
出生的孩子不仅是血肉组成的躯体，而且已有自己的个性。 - Cook the duck until the juices run pale yellow when the flesh is pierced.
把鸭子煮到戳进鸭肉时流出浅黄色的汁为止。 - Falcons usually strip the flesh off their prey.
猎鹰通常把捕获的猎物的肉撕下来。 - The injury was only a flesh wound and would heal in ten days or so.
这只是皮肉伤，10 天左右就可瘉合了。 - The knife cut through flesh and bone.
刀子切开了肉和骨头。 - The weapon tore into his flesh.
武器穿进了他的肉里。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- firm
- smooth
- soft
- …
- touch
- cut
- cut into
- …
- crawl
- creep
- wound
- tone
- in the flesh
- flesh and blood
- flesh and bone
- the pleasures of the flesh
- …
- The trap had cut deeply into the rabbit's flesh.
- [uncountable] the skin of the human body
（人体的）皮肤 - His fingers closed around the soft flesh of her arm.
他握住了她柔软的手臂。 - flesh-coloured (= a light brownish pink colour)
肉色的
- My flesh tingled as I got out of the ice cold pool.
我从冰冷的水池出来时，全身都有刺痛的感觉。 - His shirt was too small for him and cut into the tender flesh at his armpit.
这件衬衣对他来说太小了，紧勒着他腋部的嫩肉。 - The tights come in various flesh tones.
连裤袜做成深浅不同的肉色。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- firm
- smooth
- soft
- …
- touch
- cut
- cut into
- …
- crawl
- creep
- wound
- tone
- in the flesh
- flesh and blood
- flesh and bone
- the pleasures of the flesh
- …
- His fingers closed around the soft flesh of her arm.
- enlarge image[uncountable] the soft part of fruit and vegetables, especially when it is eaten
蔬菜的可食部分；果肉 - the sweet flesh of a mango
芒果的果肉 - Cut the melon in half and scoop out the flesh.
把瓜切成两半，挖出果肉。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- soft
- sweet
- juicy
- …
- chop
- cut
- scoop
- …
- the sweet flesh of a mango
- the flesh[singular] (literary) the human body when considering its physical and sexual needs, rather than the mind or soul
肉体；肉欲；情欲 - the pleasures/sins of the flesh
肌肤之乐；肉欲之罪 - His moral sermons always denounced the lusts of the flesh.
他在布道中总是谴责肉慾。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- firm
- smooth
- soft
- …
- touch
- cut
- cut into
- …
- crawl
- creep
- wound
- tone
- in the flesh
- flesh and blood
- flesh and bone
- the pleasures of the flesh
- …
- the pleasures/sins of the flesh
词源Old English flǣsc, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlees and German Fleisch.
Idioms
flesh and blood
- when you say that somebody is flesh and blood, you mean that they are a normal human with needs, emotions and weaknesses
血肉之躯（有常人的需要、感情和缺点） - Listening to the cries was more than flesh and blood could stand.
听这种哭喊非常人所能忍受。 - She wasn't a ghost. She was flesh and blood.
她不是幽灵， 而是活生生的人。
- Listening to the cries was more than flesh and blood could stand.
your (own) flesh and blood
- a person that you are related to
亲骨肉；亲人 - You can’t do that to your own flesh and blood!
你不能这样对待自己的骨肉！
- You can’t do that to your own flesh and blood!
go the way of all flesh
- to die
长逝；走向人生终点
in the flesh
- if you see somebody in the flesh, you are in the same place as them and actually see them rather than just seeing a picture of them
活生生地；亲自；本人 - Thousands of fans gathered to see the band in the flesh.
成千上万的歌迷聚集在那里，想亲眼目睹该乐队的丰采。
- Thousands of fans gathered to see the band in the flesh.
make your flesh creep
- to make you feel afraid or full of horror
使起鸡皮疙瘩；令人毛骨悚然；使人十分厌恶 - Just the sight of him makes my flesh creep.
一看到他，我就毛骨悚然。 - The story made his flesh creep.
这个故事让他毛骨悚然。
- Just the sight of him makes my flesh creep.
(have, get, want, etc.) your pound of flesh
- the full amount that somebody owes you, even if this will cause them trouble or difficulty
（不顾别人死活要讨回）应得的东西 - You’re determined to have your pound of flesh, aren’t you?
你决心要得到你应得的那一磅肉，是吗？
- You’re determined to have your pound of flesh, aren’t you?
press (the) flesh
- (informal) (of a famous person or politician
名人或政治人物 和群众握手致意
put flesh on (the bones of) something
- to develop a basic idea, etc. by giving more details to make it more complete
充实；加细节于 - The strength of the book is that it puts flesh on the bare bones of this argument.
本书的优点是对这个论点的基本事实有翔实的论述。
- The strength of the book is that it puts flesh on the bare bones of this argument.
the spirit is willing (but the flesh is weak)
- (humorous, saying) you intend to do good things but you are too lazy, weak or busy to actually do them
心灵固然愿意，肉体却软弱；心有余而力不足；力不从心
a thorn in somebody’s flesh/side
- a person or thing that repeatedly annoys somebody or stops them from doing something
不断让人烦心的人（或事）；肉中刺；眼中钉