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flesh noun | verb
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flesh / flZF ; fleF /noun U
1. the soft part of the body of a person or animal that is between the skin and the bones〔人或动物的〕肉:
•a freshwater fish with firm white flesh一种肉色雪白、肉质紧实的淡水鱼
2. the skin of the human body〔人体的〕皮肤:
•His flesh was red and covered in sores.他的皮肤发红，上面全是疮。
3. the soft part of a fruit or vegetable that can be eaten果肉; 蔬菜的可食部分:
•Cut the melon in half and scoop out the flesh.把瓜切成两半，然后挖出瓜肉。
⇒picture atFRUIT
4. in the flesh if you see someone in the flesh, you see someone who you previously had only seen in pictures, films etc本人，活生生地:
•He looked much shorter in the flesh than on television.他本人比在电视上看上去要矮得多。
5. make sb's flesh creep / crawl to make someone feel frightened, nervous, or uncomfortable使某人毛骨悚然（胆战心惊）:
•The way he stared at her made her flesh creep.他盯着她看的那个样子令她毛骨悚然。
6. your own flesh and blood someone who is part of your family亲人，亲骨肉:
•How can he treat his own flesh and blood that way?他怎么能那样对待自己的至亲骨肉？
7. the flesh literarythe physical human body, as opposed to the mind or spirit〔相对于思想或灵魂的〕肉体:
the pleasures / desires / temptations of the flesh ( = things such as drinking, eating a lot, or having sex )肉体上的享受/欲望/诱惑
8. put flesh on sth BrEto give more details about something to make it clear, more interesting etc充实某事物，加细节于某事物;SYNflesh sth out:
•I'll try to put some flesh on the plan Margaret has outlined.我来具体说说玛格丽特刚才简单介绍的这个计划。
9. go the way of all flesh literaryto die去世
⇒get your pound of flesh at POUND¹ (5)
⇒press the flesh at PRESS² (14)
⇒the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak at SPIRIT¹ (16)
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fleshverb
 PHRASAL VERBS 
flesh sth ↔ out
to add more details to something in order to make it clear, more interesting etc使充实，使具体;SYNput flesh on sth
•You need to flesh out your argument with a few more examples.你需要再举几个例子来充实你的论点。

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