Word · Frequency #22423
Fully loadedcarnal
肉体的；肉欲的
of or relating to the body or flesh
- 1.
Relating to the physical and especially sexual appetites or activities.
与身体尤其是性欲或活动有关的。
- 2.
Worldly or earthly; temporal.
世俗的或尘世的；暂时的。
- 3.
Of or relating to the body or flesh.
与身体或肉体有关的。
与身体尤其是性欲或活动有关的。；世俗的或尘世的；暂时的。；与身体或肉体有关的。；肉体的；肉欲的；[医] 肉的
In use
He tried to suppress his carnal urges and focus on his work.
The attraction between them was purely carnal.
The film explores the line between spiritual love and carnal desire.
carnal + noun
carnal 常与 desire, pleasure, sin 等名词搭配。
He was tormented by carnal desires.
他被肉欲折磨。
be carnal
作表语时强调肉体而非精神层面。
Their relationship was purely carnal, lacking emotional depth.
他们的关系纯粹是肉体上的，缺乏情感深度。
Common mistakes
He has carnival desires.He has carnal desires.
混淆了形近词 'carnival'（狂欢节）与 'carnal'（肉欲的），应拼写为 'carnal'。
Connections
Collocations
- carnal desires
- 肉体的欲望；情欲
- He struggled to resist his carnal desires.他努力抗拒自己的情欲。
- carnal pleasures
- 肉体的享乐；感官之乐
- The book warns against the pursuit of carnal pleasures.这本书告诫人们不要追求肉体的享乐。
- carnal appetites
- 肉体的欲望；性欲
- The monk tried to suppress his carnal appetites.这位僧侣试图克制自己的性欲。
- carnal knowledge
- 性交；肉体关系
- The statute defined carnal knowledge as a criminal act.该法规将性交定为犯罪行为。
- carnal nature
- 凡俗的本性；肉欲本性
- She hoped to overcome her carnal nature through discipline.她希望通过自律来克服自己的凡俗本性。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
carnal 听起来像‘卡肉’，联想肉被卡住，即‘肉体的、肉欲的’——记住 carnal 与 flesh/sex 相关。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：religious writing、legal writing、literary texts carnal 是正式用词，多出现在书面或正式场合，常修饰欲望、享乐、肉体关系等。宗教和文学文本中比较常见；在固定搭配 carnal knowledge 中用于法律语境。日常口语中很少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Among these, carnival /ˈkɑːnɪvəl/, carnation /kɑːˈneɪʃən/, and carnivore /ˈkɑːnɪvɔː/ all begin with the same /kɑːn/ sound as carnal in British English, but the vowel after /n/ differs, so they are not rhymes. Card and carpet share only the initial /kɑː/ spelling-to-sound pattern. Canal is a lookalike with the same -al spelling but is pronounced /kəˈnæl/, so it does not rhyme. No exact rhyme was found.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.