| 单词 | disembodied |
| 例句 | disembodied adjective •disembodied faces floated through the smoky mist:bodiless, incorporeal, discarnate, spiritual | intangible, insubstantial, impalpable | ghostly, spectral, phantom, wraithlike.USAGE disembodied, dismembered Disembodied = separated from the physical body, esp. as a spirit. The word is stretched too far when used to describe a body part severed from the torso—e.g.: “Having said all that, did we really need to see the disembodied [read severed ] heads? In a word: yuck. We got the idea with the hacksaw and the meat cleaver, thanks.” ( Arizona Republic; Nov. 21, 2002.) Dismembered = (1) (of bodily limbs) cut from the torso; or (2) (of a torso) characterized by having had limbs cut off. This term does not work well with heads—e.g.: “In a flurry of recent TV appearances promoting his new book on families, the former vice president has been seen. .. floating as a dismembered [read detached ] head in a jar on the Fox cartoon show ‘Futurama,’ where he's dubbed ‘the inventor of the environment.’ ” ( Christian Science Monitor; Nov. 19, 2002.).Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage. |
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