incarnate
英 [ɪn'kɑːnət]
美 [ɪn'kɑrnət]
- adj. 化身的；人體化的；肉色的
- vt. 體現；使…具體化；使實體化
助記提示
1. in- "in" + carn- + -ate.
2. => make flesh.
中文詞源
incarnate 具體化，擬人化in-,進入，使，-carn,肉，詞源同carnal,carnage.即肉體化，引申詞義具體化，擬人化。
英文詞源
- incarnate (adj.)
- late 14c., from Late Latin incarnatus "made flesh," a common word among early Christian writers, past participle of Latin incarnare "to make flesh" (see incarnation).
- incarnate (v.)
- 1530s, a back-formation from incarnation, or else from Latin incarnatus, past participle of incarnare (see incarnation). Related: Incarnated; incarnating.
雙語例句
- 1. He is cynicism incarnate.
- 他是憤世嫉俗的極端體現。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The pharaoh is Osiris, the moon bull incarnate.
- 這位法老就是俄西裏斯，豐產神的化身。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Why should God become incarnate as a male?
- 為什麽上帝以男性之身顯現呢？
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The leader seemed the devil incarnate.
- 那個首領好像是魔鬼的化身。
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. His strong left - wing views make him the devil incarnate to more extreme Conservatives.
- 他的 極左 觀點使得他在極端保守黨人眼中成了魔鬼的化身.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》