carcass

名詞

UK/ˈkɑː.kəs/
US/ˈkɑːr.kəs/

定義 carcass 名詞

  1. Countable(可数名词)

    The dead body of an animal, especially a large one, that is intended to be butchered for meat or consumed by scavengers.

    (尤指大型动物的)尸体;(供野生动物食用的)畜体

    • The vultures circled above, waiting to feast on the decaying deer carcass.

      秃鹫在上方盘旋,等待享用腐烂的鹿尸。

    • Would you please remove your hefty carcass from that chair!

      请把你的庞大身躯从那把椅子上移开!

    • The lion was gnawing on the remains of the buffalo carcass.

      狮子正在啃食水牛尸体的残骸。

  2. Countable(可数名词)

    The skeletal structure or remains of an old, broken, or destroyed object, such as a vehicle or ship.

    (损坏物品、汽车、船只等的)残骸;骨架

    • Near the area of intense fighting, there were carcasses of burned-out vehicles everywhere.

      在激烈战斗的地区附近,到处都是烧毁车辆的残骸。

    • They found the carcass of an abandoned ship on the beach.

      他们在海滩上发现了一艘废弃船只的残骸。

    • The carcass of the abandoned factory still stood, a desolate monument.

      废弃工厂的残骸仍然矗立着,是一座荒凉的纪念碑。