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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

corpse [kɔːps]
  1. 1. noun [c] 死尸

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

corpse [kɔːrps]
  1. 1. n.[c] 尸体尸首死尸
    The next morning a search-party found the corpse hidden under some bushes.
    第二天早上,一支搜寻小组找到了藏在灌木丛中的尸体
    The end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse.
    警察搜查结果就是发现了一具尸体
  2. 2. n.[c] [Slang] 香烟头
  3. 3. n.[c] [Slang] 空酒瓶,空啤酒瓶

Collins English-English Dictionary

corpse [kɔːps]
  1. 1. n a dead body, esp of a human being; cadaver
  2. 2. vb [theatre] [Slang] to laugh or cause to laugh involuntarily or inopportunely while on stage
  3. 3. vb [Etymology] C14: from Old French corps body, from Latin corpus body

Examples

The archeologists found a ancient female corpse in an unattested mastaba.
考古学家在一个未经证实的墓里发现了一具古代女尸。
The DNA fiber was collected from the corpse.
从尸体上采集了一些DNA纤维组织。
Often I would help him lay out the corpse in the simple coffin.
我会经常帮助他把尸体放进简易棺材里准备下葬。
The corpse was in an advanced state of decay.
尸体腐烂得很严重。
they dredged up the corpse from the lake
the corpse was found in a sitting position
打捞尸体
retrieve a corpse from the water

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