Word · Frequency #3036
flesh
使长肉；养肥
核心释义
To put flesh on; to fatten.
- 1.
用猎物的肉奖励猎犬、猛禽等,以激励其进一步狩猎；训练动物对肉的食欲
To reward (a hound, bird of prey etc.) with flesh of the animal killed, to excite it for further hunting; to train (an animal) to have an appetite for flesh.
- 2.
将(尤指武器)埋入肉中
To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.
- 3.
使满足
To glut.
- 4.
使长肉；使肥胖
To put flesh on; to fatten.
- 5.
在制革过程中去除皮肤上的肉
To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
喂以鲜肉；刺入肉体；使吃饱；使满足；去肉；刮皮；用猎物的肉奖励猎犬、猛禽等,以激励其进一步狩猎；训练动物对肉的食欲
用法In use
The farmer fleshed the cattle with high-protein feed.
用法提示：动词过去式，表示“使肥”的意思。
The general's speech fleshed the troops' bloodlust.
用法提示：动词过去式，表示“激起杀戮情绪”的意思。
We fleshed the hawks with raw meat.
用法提示：动词过去式，表示“以肉喂”的意思。
flesh an animal on sth
狩猎用语：让猎鹰、猎犬等初次尝到某种猎物的血肉，从而激发它追猎该猎物的欲望；on 后接用来引诱的猎物或肉。
The falconer fleshed the young hawk on a pigeon.
驯鹰人用一只鸽子让这只幼鹰初尝血肉，以激发它的狩猎欲。
flesh sth in sth
指把武器（尤其是刀剑）刺入肉体，也可引申为让武器初次沾血。
The knight fleshed his sword in the enemy's chest.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- flesh the hounds
- 给猎犬喂猎物的肉以激发其猎欲
- After the kill, the huntsman fleshed the hounds to keep them excited for the next chase.捕杀猎物后，猎人把猎物的肉喂给猎犬，让它们对下一次追猎保持兴奋。
- flesh one's sword
- 使剑首次沾血；初经战阵
- The young soldier was nervous about fleshing his sword for the first time.这名年轻士兵对第一次让剑沾血感到紧张。
- flesh a hide
- 去除兽皮上的肉（鞣制前的工序）
- The tanner fleshed the hide before treating it with tannin.鞣革工在用鞣酸处理兽皮前先去除其上的肉。
- flesh up
- 养肥；使长肉
- The farmer fleshed up the cattle for the winter market.农夫把牛养肥，准备在冬季市场上出售。
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：猎犬闻到鲜肉（flesh）就兴奋，动词 flesh 即‘喂肉激励’或‘养肥’。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：hunting、falconry 该义项为较正式的狩猎用语，多用于描述用猎物的肉喂饲猎犬或猛禽，以激励其继续捕猎。这个动词在现代英语中并不常见，多出现在历史、文学或专业狩猎书籍中。
语法说明Grammar Note
及物动词时意为‘以肉喂养、激起杀戮情绪、使肥、赋以血肉’；不及物动词时意为‘长胖’。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Fresh, mesh, thresh, refresh, and afresh all end with the /ɛʃ/ sound, so they rhyme with flesh. Watch out for flash /flæʃ/ and flush /flʌʃ/: they look similar but have different vowel sounds, so they do not rhyme with flesh.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
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