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词汇 carnal
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Definition of carnal in English:

carnal

adjective ˈkɑːn(ə)lˈkɑrnl
  • Relating to physical, especially sexual, needs and activities.

    肉体的(尤指性欲的、性行为的)

    carnal desire

    肉欲。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This scene gives us our first sighting of Lord Summerisle as well as introducing the more carnal aspects of island life.
    • The majority of the men who frequent dance-halls go there with nothing but carnal thoughts in their minds.
    • For him, though, there's no competition between carnal and spiritual desires.
    • It is carnal need, which, by coincidence, is an important part of the expression of love.
    • They must curb their carnal cravings and submit to the will of the Lord.
    • Here you will find a room of elegantly erotic mosaics, and sentimentally carnal ceramics.
    • The Wooden Frock is from the Cinderella shelf of the library, the slipper here replaced by the more carnal symbol of a wedding ring.
    • When Sam's not being offered carnal delights, he is being offered other vices.
    • But in this struggle it is not the carnal desires that always triumph as some people imagine.
    • And yet to me to love in a carnal sense was at any rate to enjoy a triumph over countless rivals.
    • Sensuality is only carnal when it is used indiscriminately, for self-defeating gratification.
    • He took up with a girl who, as well as carnal favours, supplied him with rationed beer and contraband Craven As.
    • Islam requires that both women and men adopt modest dress that does not inflame carnal desire.
    • I wish they would spend time making the characters as real as their carnal activities.
    • In these works, the wolf-man emerges as a kind of romantic anti-hero, torn between social mores and carnal desire.
    • Shopping in our humble opinions is a divine pleasure in its own right and its reputation can only be sullied by likening it to more carnal activity.
    • The King portrayed a female vagrant, complete with a garbage bag dress, who goes after a man in hope of satisfying her carnal desires.
    • The videos apparently distract the viewer's attention from the song to the meaningless portrayal of carnal desires.
    • The pair were so engrossed in their carnal activities that they did not even notice Loren.
    • Satin is sensual and carnal (think satin sheets), but also associated with ritual.
    Synonyms
    sexual, sensual, erotic, lustful, lascivious, libidinous, lecherous, licentious, lewd, prurient, salacious, coarse, gross, lubricious, venereal
    physical, bodily, corporeal, fleshly, animal
    informal sexy

Derivatives

  • carnality

  • noun kɑːˈnalɪtikɑrˈnælədi
    • But there's nuance to this display of Gallic carnality.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Actually, these epithets are quite unjust: Her sexuality serves primarily as a means of expression of her soul, and her eroticism verges more on mysticism than on carnality.
      • His preoccupation with the sins of carnality, his exploration of Catholic iconography in a modern context, and his late anti-Catholic writings suggest an ongoing interior dialogue with the church.
      • ‘We have such aversion to the reality of our mortality, our carnality, our physical being,’ he says.
      • The words expressed a carnality rarely found in ‘serious’ odes of the period, let alone in popular song.
  • carnally

  • adverb
    • For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The image, as critics have noted, evokes the end of Paradise Lost: ‘They hand in hand with wandering steps and slow Through Eden took their solitary way.’ Adam and Eve are, of course, man and wife, carnally united.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Christian Latin carnalis, from caro, carn- 'flesh'.

Definition of carnal in US English:

carnal

adjectiveˈkärnlˈkɑrnl
  • Relating to physical, especially sexual, needs and activities.

    肉体的(尤指性欲的、性行为的)

    carnal desire

    肉欲。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Shopping in our humble opinions is a divine pleasure in its own right and its reputation can only be sullied by likening it to more carnal activity.
    • In these works, the wolf-man emerges as a kind of romantic anti-hero, torn between social mores and carnal desire.
    • And yet to me to love in a carnal sense was at any rate to enjoy a triumph over countless rivals.
    • They must curb their carnal cravings and submit to the will of the Lord.
    • Here you will find a room of elegantly erotic mosaics, and sentimentally carnal ceramics.
    • Sensuality is only carnal when it is used indiscriminately, for self-defeating gratification.
    • For him, though, there's no competition between carnal and spiritual desires.
    • The videos apparently distract the viewer's attention from the song to the meaningless portrayal of carnal desires.
    • I wish they would spend time making the characters as real as their carnal activities.
    • The pair were so engrossed in their carnal activities that they did not even notice Loren.
    • It is carnal need, which, by coincidence, is an important part of the expression of love.
    • The King portrayed a female vagrant, complete with a garbage bag dress, who goes after a man in hope of satisfying her carnal desires.
    • Satin is sensual and carnal (think satin sheets), but also associated with ritual.
    • This scene gives us our first sighting of Lord Summerisle as well as introducing the more carnal aspects of island life.
    • He took up with a girl who, as well as carnal favours, supplied him with rationed beer and contraband Craven As.
    • The Wooden Frock is from the Cinderella shelf of the library, the slipper here replaced by the more carnal symbol of a wedding ring.
    • When Sam's not being offered carnal delights, he is being offered other vices.
    • The majority of the men who frequent dance-halls go there with nothing but carnal thoughts in their minds.
    • Islam requires that both women and men adopt modest dress that does not inflame carnal desire.
    • But in this struggle it is not the carnal desires that always triumph as some people imagine.
    Synonyms
    sexual, sensual, erotic, lustful, lascivious, libidinous, lecherous, licentious, lewd, prurient, salacious, coarse, gross, lubricious, venereal

Origin

Late Middle English: from Christian Latin carnalis, from caro, carn- ‘flesh’.

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