| 英语单词 | disembodied |
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| 英美音标 | 英 [ˌdɪsɪm'bɒdid] 美 [ˌdɪsɪm'bɑːdid] |
| 中文释义 | adj.无实体的;空洞的 动词disembody的过去式和过去分词形式. |
| vocabulary简明 | Something that's disembodied is disconnected from a solid form or body. If you hear a disembodied voice coming from your basement, it's spooky and ghostly, with no visible shape or form. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Use the adjective disembodied to describe something that's separate from any substantial structure. A magic trick might make it appear that a disembodied head is floating in the air, and a mysterious voice or cry ringing out in the night would also seem to be disembodied. The root of disembodied is the verb embody, which had the earliest meaning of "invest a soul or spirit with a physical form." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ 形容词]似脱离人而存在的;无实体的;脱离现实的 Disembodied means seeming not to be attached to or to come from anyone. [usu ADJ n]
2 [ADJ 形容词]脱离肉体的;与躯体分离的 Disembodied means separated from or existing without a body. [usu ADJ n]
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