单词 | incarnate |
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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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