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flesh

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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。
3  kiwi.jpg HBPthe soft part of a fruit or vegetable that can be eaten 果肉；蔬菜的可食部分
 Cut the melon in half and scoop out the flesh.
把瓜切成两半，然后挖出瓜瓤。
→4  See picture of 见图 FRUIT →5 see picture at 见图 fruit1
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。
Examples from the Corpus
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？
Examples from the Corpus
your own flesh and blood• He raised those kids like they were his own flesh and blood.
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
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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。
Examples from the Corpus
put flesh on something• Medical experts put flesh on the statistical data for the audience.• The strength of this book is that it puts flesh on the bare bones of this argument.• Chen has now put flesh on his proposal in an interview with Business Week.
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)
Examples from the Corpus
flesh• This father and his two sons knew the smell of their own decaying flesh.• She had unscrewed them, simply turned them through her flesh.• And this was an edifice that would house the greatest mystery of all: wine into blood, bread into flesh.• But I must stop, for I am turning Word into numbers not into flesh.• The fingers squeezed my flesh gently.• Charles Tekeyan believed that this feeling is solely a matter of continued excellence in the flesh.• Stephen felt Weir's fingers digging into the flesh between his ribs.• They showed a mercy to house and land which they denied to flesh and blood.
flesh2 verb  
1 flesh something ↔ out phrasal verbphr v DETAILto add more details to something in order to make it clear, more interesting etc 使充实，使具体 SYN put flesh on something
 You need to flesh out your argument with a few more examples.
你需要再举几个例子来充实你的论点。
Examples from the Corpus
flesh out• Like all other game birds, quail need to be cooked carefully to avoid overcooking, as the flesh can dry out.• The new cabin is supposed to flesh the strategy out.• The Married Man is an attempt to flesh that story out, give it closure.• He couldn't flesh her out, however hard he studied the picture.• Her flesh cried out to be closer, and, with the last vestiges of sanity, alarm bells rang.
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flesh• Nobody bothered to flesh out the story with others.• Thus he and other researchers are gradually fleshing out the Supercontinent Cycle.• They provide a sort of skeleton grammar for me to flesh out.• The new cabin is supposed to flesh the strategy out.
Origin flesh1
Old English flæsc
flesh1 nounflesh2 verb
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