flesh1 /fleʃ/ ●●○ W3 noun [uncountableU] 1 HBthe soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones 〔人或动物的〕肉 a freshwater fish with firm white flesh 一种肉色雪白、肉质紧实的淡水鱼
2 the skin of the human body 〔人体的〕皮肤 His flesh was red and covered in sores. 他的皮肤发红,上面全是疮。
4 in the flesh PERSONALLY/YOURSELFif you see someone in the flesh, you see someone who you previously had only seen in pictures, films etc 本人,活生生地 He looked much shorter in the flesh than on television. 他本人看上去要比在电视上矮得多。
in the flesh• I shall have travelled away in the flesh from that wretched court - light years away by then, light decades.• John and Joan decided that they should meet Alexander Atkins and his colleague in the flesh.• Charles Tekeyan believed that this feeling is solely a matter of continued excellence in the flesh.• Michael Jordan was my hero, and meeting him in the flesh was a real thrill.• But you want to know what he's like, in the flesh?• He had never meant to reclaim or re-create her, not in the flesh.• That is, not in the flesh.• I saw her outside the TV studios - she looks much older in the flesh.• But now their enmity found its target in the flesh.• As to the miners, before I saw them in the flesh, I would see them in photographs. 5 make somebody’s flesh creep/crawl FRIGHTENEDto make someone feel frightened, nervous, or uncomfortable 使某人毛骨悚然 [胆战心惊] The way he stared at her made her flesh creep. 他盯着她看的那副神情令她毛骨悚然。
6 your own flesh and blood FAMILYsomeone who is part of your family 亲人,亲骨肉 How can he treat his own flesh and blood that way? 他怎么能那样对待自己的至亲骨肉?
7 the flesh literaryBODY the physical human body, as opposed to the mind or spirit 肉体〔相对于思想或灵魂〕the pleasures/desires/temptations of the flesh (=things such as drinking, eating a lot, or having sex) 肉体的享受/欲望/诱惑
the pleasures/desires/temptations of the flesh• I have never been one to deny the pleasures of the flesh.• It involves an attitude of extreme asceticism and a hatred of all worldly things - especially the pleasures of the flesh.• But the temptations of the Flesh were different: they could not be dealt with in cold blood. 8 put flesh on something DETAILto give more details about something to make it clear, more interesting etc 充实某事物,加细节于某事物 SYN flesh something ↔ out I’ll try to put some flesh on the plan Margaret has outlined. 我来具体说说玛格丽特刚才概述的这个计划。
9. go the way of all flesh literaryDIE to die 去世 → get your pound of flesh at pound1(5), → press the flesh at press2(14), → the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak at spirit1(16)