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词汇 incorrupt
释义

Definition of incorrupt in English:

incorrupt

adjective ɪnkəˈrʌptˌɪnkəˈrəpt
rare
  • (especially of a human body) not having undergone decomposition.

    〈罕〉(尤指人体)未分解腐烂的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There are other quirky problems surrounding the phenomenon of incorrupt bodies of saints.
    • We are even inclined to acknowledge someone's holiness if she lies incorrupt in a glass case.
    • The still incorrupt hand was enshrined, some 400 years later, when a little Catholic Church was re-established in Ely.
    • There was a trip to France to see something called the incorrupt saint, and possibly a position.
    • Among these popes is Boniface VIII, who died in 1303 and whose body was also found incorrupt in 1605.
    Synonyms
    honourable, honest, trustworthy, dependable, worthy, respectable, upright, clean-living, virtuous, good, ethical, moral

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin incorruptus, from in- 'not' + corruptus 'destroyed, marred' (see corrupt).

Definition of incorrupt in US English:

incorrupt

adjectiveˌɪnkəˈrəptˌinkəˈrəpt
rare
  • (especially of a human body) not having undergone decomposition.

    〈罕〉(尤指人体)未分解腐烂的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Among these popes is Boniface VIII, who died in 1303 and whose body was also found incorrupt in 1605.
    • The still incorrupt hand was enshrined, some 400 years later, when a little Catholic Church was re-established in Ely.
    • We are even inclined to acknowledge someone's holiness if she lies incorrupt in a glass case.
    • There are other quirky problems surrounding the phenomenon of incorrupt bodies of saints.
    • There was a trip to France to see something called the incorrupt saint, and possibly a position.
    Synonyms
    honourable, honest, trustworthy, dependable, worthy, respectable, upright, clean-living, virtuous, good, ethical, moral

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin incorruptus, from in- ‘not’ + corruptus ‘destroyed, marred’ (see corrupt).

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