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a/an + corpse
不定冠词a/an用于泛指一具尸体。
The police found a corpse in the river.
警察在河里发现了一具尸体。
尸体
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
尸体
the dead body of a human being
The police found a corpse in the river.
警察在河里发现了一具尸体。
尸体,尤指人的尸体(区别于动物)。
A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
尸体；死尸
the dead body of a human being
任何有肉动物的尸体；脊椎动物的尸体；兽尸。
The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.
The detective examined the corpse before the ambulance arrived.
侦探在救护车到达前检查了尸体。
AI contextual example
They found a corpse in the abandoned warehouse.
他们在废弃的仓库里发现了一具尸体。
AI contextual example
The police identified the corpse as a missing man.
警方确认这具尸体是一名失踪男子。
AI contextual example
the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse
警方搜查结束时发现了一具尸体。
WordNet
不定冠词a/an用于泛指一具尸体。
The police found a corpse in the river.
警察在河里发现了一具尸体。
表示某人的尸体，后接名词。
The corpse of the victim was identified.
受害者的尸体被确认了。
描述尸体的状态。
The corpse was badly decomposed.
尸体严重腐烂了。
Not this
He corpse in the car crash.
Use this
He died in the car crash.
corpse是名词，不能用作动词。应使用死亡相关动词或系表结构。
Not this
The medical corpse treated the wounded.
Use this
The medical corps treated the wounded.
corpse和corps拼写相近且发音相同，但corps意为‘兵团、军团’，corpse意为‘尸体’。需根据语境选择正确拼写。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
死尸
The police found a dead corpse in the river.
警察在河里发现了一具死尸。
腐烂的尸体
The smell of the decaying corpse was unbearable.
腐烂尸体的气味难以忍受。
发现尸体
The hikers discovered a corpse in the woods.
徒步者在树林里发现了一具尸体。
辨认尸体
The family came to identify the corpse.
家属来辨认尸体。
埋葬尸体
They buried the corpse in the cemetery.
他们把尸体埋在公墓里。
检查尸体
The coroner will examine the corpse.
法医将检查尸体。
行尸走肉
After three days without sleep, he looked like a walking corpse.
连续三天没睡觉后，他看起来像个行尸走肉。
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拆分记忆：corpse = corp（公司）+ se（死），公司死了只剩尸体。
常见场景：医疗、法律、文学、新闻报道 通常用于正式或中性语境，如医疗、法律或文学描述，日常口语中较少使用。
No common English words rhyme perfectly with 'corpse'. Note that 'corps', though similar in spelling, is pronounced /kɔr/ without the /ps/ ending. Words like 'horse', 'course', 'force' have similar vowel sounds but lack the /p/ before /rs/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.