carcass
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++car·cass /ˈkɑːkəs $ ˈkɑːr-/ noun [countable] 1. HBAthe body of a dead animal 动物尸体2. DESTROYthe decaying outer structure of a building, vehicle, or other object 〔建筑物、汽车等的〕残骸，骨架
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carcass• It's probably the dismembered carcass of some old shed.• Chop pheasant carcass into 6 pieces, add to stockpot, and brown lightly.• Remove pheasant carcass and pull off any meat; discard skin and bones.• The ferry's carcass lies 220 feet underwater, on the floor of the Baltic Sea.• He was deceitful, not telling his parents, for instance, that he got honey from the carcass of a lion.• The fore part of the carcass provides the picnic shoulder and the Boston butt.• The remains of the carcass are placed in a press 99 where the juices are extracted.• It was the carcass of a brown animal.• The 70 ton carcass was later cut into pieces and buried.Origin carcass (1300-1400) Old French carcoiscar·cass nounChineseSyllable
Corpus a animal dead of body the
carcass
car‧cass /ˈkɑːkəs $ ˈkɑːr-/
noun [countable]
2. the decaying outer structure of a building, vehicle, or other object
■ a dead body
▪body noun [countable] the dead body of a person: Her body was discovered at the bottom of a cliff. | Firefighters found the body of a woman in the house.
▪corpse noun [countable] the dead body of a person. Corpse is is used when you are thinking about the body as an object rather than a person: Pathologists examined the corpse.
▪carcass noun [countable] the dead body of an animal: a whale carcass | The carcasses of the infected animals were burned.
▪remains noun [plural] parts of a dead person or animal, especially when they died a long time ago: Police found human remains under the floorboards of the house.
car‧cass /ˈkɑːkəs $ ˈkɑːr-/
noun [countable] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: carcois
1. the body of a dead animalLanguage: Old French
Origin: carcois
2. the decaying outer structure of a building, vehicle, or other object
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