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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary corpse ETYMOLOGY Middle English corps, from Anglo-French cors, corps, from Latin corpus DATE 13th century 1. archaic : a human or animal body whether living or dead 2. a. a dead body especially of a human being b. the remains of something discarded or defunct the corpses of rusting cars English Etymology corpse 1540s, variant spelling of corps (q.v.). The -p- was originally silent, as in French, and with some speakers still is. The terminal -e was rare before 19c. Corpse-candle is attested from 1690s. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 corpse corpse / kC:ps; NAmE kC:rps / noun a dead body, especially of a human 尸体；(尤指人的)死尸,尸首verb[V VN] (BrE, informal) (in the theatre) to suddenly be unable to act, because you have forgotten your words or are laughing; to cause sb to do this (戏剧演员因忘记台词或止不住笑而)演出僵住；使戏剧演员的演出僵住 Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English corpse noun ADJ. human | naked | bloody, headless, mutilated | decaying, desiccated, rotting We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet. | shrouded | embalmed, mummified | living For over a year he lay in his hospital bed, a living corpse. VERB + CORPSE lay out The corpse had been laid out on a marble slab. | embalm | butcher, dismember, eviscerate, mutilate CORPSE + VERB be sprawled, lie, sprawl They saw the corpse sprawled on the steps. PHRASES be littered/strewn with corpses The ground was littered with the corpses of enemy soldiers. OLT corpse noun ⇨ body 2 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged corpse I. \ˈkȯ(ə)rps, -ȯ(ə)ps\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English corps, from Middle French, from Latin corpus — more at midriff 1. obsolete : a human or animal body whether living or dead 2. a. : a dead body especially of a human being b. : something that has been forgotten or discarded or that is no longer active, vital, or effective < it was an awful thing to look at the corpse of a city … that once had been so beautiful and gay — National Geographic > 3. obsolete : the main portion or substance : the collective whole : body < one … uniform corpse of law — Francis Bacon > 4. : an endowment belonging to a prebend or other ecclesiastical office II. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) 1. dialect Britain : kill 2. : to confuse (an actor) in performance : spoil (an actor's speech or a scene) by cutting in or by blundering |
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