flesh 1 W3 / fleʃ / 名词 [不可数名词]

1 the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones :

a freshwater fish with firm white flesh

2 the skin of the human body :

His flesh was red and covered in sores.

3

the soft part of a fruit or vegetable that can be eaten :

Cut the melon in half and scoop out the flesh.

4 in the flesh if you see someone in the flesh, you see someone who you previously had only seen in pictures, films etc :

He looked much shorter in the flesh than on television.

5 make sb’s flesh creep/crawl to make someone feel frightened, nervous, or uncomfortable :

The way he stared at her made her flesh creep.

6 your own flesh and blood someone who is part of your family :

How can he treat his own flesh and blood that way?

7 the flesh literary the physical human body, as opposed to the mind or spirit

the pleasures/desires/temptations of the flesh (= things such as drinking, eating a lot, or having sex )

8 put flesh on something British English to give more details about something to make it clear, more interesting etc 同义词 flesh something ↔ out :

I’ll try to put some flesh on the plan Margaret has outlined.

9 go the way of all flesh literary to die

→ get your pound of flesh at pound 1 ( 5 ) , → press the flesh at press 2 ( 14 ) , → the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak at spirit 1 ( 16 )