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Incarnate Latin Adj Late Past Participle Incarnare Incarnation

单词 incarnate
音标 ['inkɑ:neit]
解释 a.具有肉体的;化身的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 具有肉体的(given a bodily form);化身的(personified)
【记】 in(进入)+carn(肉体) +ate(思想等)→变成 肉体化身
【同】 同根词:carnage(大 屠杀); carnal(肉欲的)派生词: incarnation (n. 具体化,化身)
【例】 She was happiness incarnate.
字源 incarnate (adj.)
late 14c., from Late Latin incarnatus "made flesh," a common word among early Christian writers, past participle of Latin incarnare "to make flesh" (see incarnation).
incarnate (v.)
1530s, a back-formation from incarnation, or else from Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare (see incarnation). Related: Incarnated; incarnating.
不择手段背单词 adj. 具有肉体的; 化身的
【记】in进入, carn肉, ate-变成肉体化身
【参】carnage(n 大屠杀); carnal(adj 肉欲的)
【反】incorporeal(adj 非物质的; 无实体的)
趣味全助记 【记】in 进入 + carn 肉体;原指赋予灵魂以身体
【相关】carnal 肉体的, 肉欲的

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