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carcase n. 尸體,架子 屍體,架子 carcase n 1: the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and dressed for food [ synonym: { carcase}, { carcass}] Carcase \ Car" case\ ( k[ aum] r" kas), n. See { Carcass}. [ 1913 Webster]
Carcass \ Car" cass\ ( k[ aum] r" kas), n.; pl. { Carcasses}. [ Written also { carcase}.] [ F. carcasse, fr. It. carcassa, fr. L. caro flesh capsa chest, box, case. Cf. { Carnal}, { Case} a sheath.] 1. A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast. [ 1913 Webster] He turned to see the carcass of the lion. -- Judges xiv. 8. [ 1913 Webster] This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went into the great pits by cartloads. -- De Foe. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule. " To pamper his own carcass." -- South. [ 1913 Webster] Lovely her face; was ne' er so fair a creature. For earthly carcass had a heavenly feature. -- Oldham. [ 1913 Webster] 3. The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing. [ 1913 Webster] A rotten carcass of a boat. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Mil.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc. [ 1913 Webster] A discharge of carcasses and bombshells. -- W. Iving. [ 1913 Webster]
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