Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #8214
corporal
身体的；肉体的
核心释义
Relating to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
- 1.
身体的,尤指人体的；肉体的。
Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily.
- 2.
与身体(胸腹部)有关的,区别于头、四肢和翅膀等。
Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc.
胸腹部的；躯干部的；身体的,尤指人体的；肉体的。；与身体(胸腹部)有关的,区别于头、四肢和翅膀等。；肉体的；身体的
用法In use
The coach emphasized the importance of corporal fitness for the team.
用法提示：corporal 作为形容词，表示“身体的”，修饰 fitness。
She received corporal punishment for breaking the school rules.
用法提示：corporal 与 punishment 连用，意为“肉体的”，构成固定短语“体罚”。
Meditation can help reduce corporal tension and promote relaxation.
用法提示：corporal 修饰 tension，指“身体上的”紧张。
corporal + noun
corporal 是正式或古语用词，常与 punishment、existence 等名词搭配。
Corporal punishment is banned in many countries.
体罚在许多国家被禁止。
be + corporal
这种用法较罕见，常用于哲学或宗教语境，指具有物质形体。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- corporal punishment
- 体罚
- Many countries have banned corporal punishment in schools.许多国家已经禁止在学校实施体罚。
- corporal existence
- 肉体存在
- He believed in the reality of both spiritual and corporal existence.他相信精神和肉体存在都是真实的。
- corporal form
- 身体形态
- The artist tried to capture the corporal form in his sculpture.艺术家试图在他的雕塑中捕捉身体形态。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- corporal punishment
- 体罚
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想corp（身体，如corpse）表示“身体的”，与精神相对。例如：corp（体） + oral（口）→ 身体的口头？不，直接记作“身体的”即可。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：medicine、philosophy 通常用于正式场合，如医学或哲学讨论
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling pattern -oral or -poral with similar stressed vowel, but they do not rhyme exactly due to the /p/ in 'corporal'. Temporal is a lookalike with a different stressed vowel /ɛ/.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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