corpse

英 [k??ps] 美[k?rps]

CET6TEM4中低頻詞擴(kuò)展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?corpses;

1. 該詞的尾部發(fā)音正好跟單詞含義“尸、死”的發(fā)音相同。
2. corpse 音“corp(身體) 死”→死的身體→尸體。

corpse 死尸

來(lái)自詞根corp，身體，見(jiàn)corporeal.

corpse: corpse: [14] Latin corpus ‘body’ has two direct descendants in English: corpse, which came via Old French cors, and corps [18], which came via modern French corps. The former first entered English in the 13th century as cors, and during the 14th century it had its original Latin p reinserted. At first it meant simply ‘body’, but by the end of the 14th century the current sense ‘dead body’ was becoming firmly established.

The idea originally underlying corps, on the other hand, was of a small ‘body’ of troops. Other English derivatives of corpus include corporal, corporate [15], from the past participle of Latin corporāre ‘make into a body’, corpulent [14], two diminutives corpuscle [17] and corset [14], and corsage [15]. Corpus itself was acquired in the 14th century.
=> corporal, corporate, corpulent, corset
corpse (n.): 1540s, variant spelling of corps (q.v.). The -p- originally was silent, as in French, and with some speakers still is. The terminal -e was rare before 19c. Corpse-candle is attested from 1690s.

1. He identified the corpse as the criminal hunted after.: 他認(rèn)出那具尸體就是那個(gè)被追捕的罪犯.

2. We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet.: 我們路過(guò)一具懸在絞刑架上的土匪干尸.

3. What she saw was just an unfeeling corpse.: 她見(jiàn)到的只是一具全無(wú)感覺(jué)的尸體.