English Dictionary

body

/ˈbɒdi/

noun

The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism. / The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul. / A corpse.

She has a beautiful body.

意味（1）

The physical structure of a human or animal seen as one single organism.

I saw them walking from a distance, their bodies strangely angular in the dawn light.

意味（2）

The fleshly or corporeal nature of a human, as opposed to the spirit or soul.

The body is driven by desires, but the soul is at peace.

意味（3）

A corpse.

Her body was found at four o'clock, just two hours after the murder.

意味（4）

(archaic or informal except in compounds) A person.

Folio Society 1973, page 463:

Folio Society 1973, page 463: Indeed, if it belonged to a poor body, it would be another thing; but so great a lady, to be sure, can never want it […]

意味（5）

(sociology) A human being, regarded as marginalized or oppressed.

This, of course, was not about the State, but it was certainly an invasion: black bodies acting out in a public domain circumscribed by a racist culture. The Garvey movement presents an example of black bodies transgressing racialized spatial boundaries.

意味（6）

The torso, the main structure of a human or animal frame excluding the extremities (limbs, head, tail).

The boxer took a blow to the body.

意味（7）

The largest or most important part of anything, as distinct from its appendages or accessories.

The bumpers and front tyres were ruined, but the body of the car was in remarkable shape.

意味（8）

(archaic) The section of a dress extending from the neck to the waist, excluding the arms.

Penny was in the scullery, pressing the body of her new dress.

意味（9）

The content of a letter, message, or other printed or electronic document, as distinct from signatures, salutations, headers, and so on.

意味（10）

A bodysuit.

意味（11）

(programming) The code of a subroutine, contrasted to its signature and parameters.

In many programming languages, the method body is enclosed in braces.

意味（12）

A group of people having a common purpose or opinion; a mass.

I was escorted from the building by a body of armed security guards.

意味（13）

An organisation, company or other authoritative group.

The local train operating company is the managing body for this section of track.

意味（14）

A unified collection of details, knowledge or information.

We have now amassed a body of evidence which points to one conclusion.

意味（15）

Any physical object or material thing.

All bodies are held together by internal forces.

意味（16）

(uncountable) Substance; physical presence.

The voice had an extraordinary sadness. Pure from all body, pure from all passion, going out into the world, solitary, unanswered, breaking against rocks—so it sounded.

意味（17）

(uncountable) Comparative viscosity, solidity or substance (in wine, colours etc.).

The red wine, sadly, lacked body.

意味（18）

An agglomeration of some substance, especially one that would be otherwise uncountable.

In a gentle breeze, the whole body of air, as far as the breeze extends, moves at the rate of seven or eight miles an hour; in a high wind, at the rate of seventy, eighty, or an hundred miles an hour […]

意味（19）

(printing) The shank of a type, or the depth of the shank (by which the size is indicated).

a nonpareil face on an agate body

意味（20）

(geometry) A three-dimensional object, such as a cube or cone.