carnal

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++car·nal /ˈkɑːnl $ ˈkɑːrnl/ adjective formal 1 SEX/HAVE SEX WITHrelating to sex or someone’s body 性的，肉体的 carnal desires 肉欲2. carnal knowledge/relations formal sexual activity 性交 —carnally adverb

Examples from the Corpus

carnal• It is notable primarily for its lack of carnal interest.• The fruit was carnal knowledge, and everybody from Thomas Aquinas to Milton knew it.• In the end she opts for the serious, renounces carnal love, and decides to become a Catholic.• She knew what loving meant perhaps, but little of violence and carnal needs.• I thought about carnal pleasure, and looked around and felt certain that something cataclysmic was well on its way.• But not, he swears, in a carnal sense.• He had had to confess his carnal thoughts to Father Devlin and had been severely censured.Origin carnal (1400-1500) Late Latin carnalis, from Latin caro “flesh”

car·nal adjectiveChineseSyllable

Corpus or relating body to sex someone’s

carnal
car‧nal /ˈkɑːnl $ ˈkɑːrnl/