Word · Frequency #3036
flesh
使长肉；养肥
To put flesh on; to fatten.
- 1.
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.
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
- 2.
To bury (something, especially a weapon) in flesh.
将(尤指武器)埋入肉中
- 3.
To glut.
使满足
- 4.
To put flesh on; to fatten.
使长肉；使肥胖
- 5.
To remove the flesh from the skin during the making of leather.
在制革过程中去除皮肤上的肉
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
In use
The farmer fleshed the cattle with high-protein feed.
The general's speech fleshed the troops' bloodlust.
We fleshed the hawks with raw meat.
Verb forms
base flesh · third person fleshes · -ing fleshing · past fleshed · past participle fleshed
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- flesh out
- 充实；使具体化Let's flesh out our ideas before the meeting.
Learner notes
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’。
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。
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’。
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.
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。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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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