the dead body of an animal, especially of a large one or of one that is ready for cutting up as meat 动物尸体；（尤指供食用的）畜体 vultures scavenging for carcasses on the road 秃鹰在路上清理尸体 She boiled up the chicken carcass (= the bones of a cooked chicken) to make soup. 她用鸡骨头煮汤。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French carcois, variant of Old French charcois; in later use from French carcasse; of unknown ultimate origin.