a dead body, especially of a human尸体；（尤指人的）死尸，尸首- The corpse was barely recognizable.这具尸体几乎无从辨认。
Extra Examples- The corpse had been laid out on a marble slab.尸体被放在一张大理石板上作了殡葬准备。
- The ground was littered with the corpses of enemy soldiers.地上到处都是敌军士兵的尸体。
- They saw the corpse sprawled on the steps.他们看到那具尸体四肢伸开躺在台阶上。
- We passed the desiccated corpse of a brigand hanging on a gibbet.我们路过一具悬在绞刑架上的土匪乾尸。
Topics Life stagesc2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + corpsecorpse + verbphrases- be littered with corpses
- be strewn with corpses
See full entry Word OriginMiddle English (denoting the living body of a person or animal): alteration of archaic corse by association with Latin corpus, a change which also took place in French (Old French cors becoming corps). The p was originally silent, as in French; the final e was rare before the 19th cent., but now distinguishes corpse from corps.