corpseとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From earlier corse, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Displaced native 古期英語 līċ (whence modern English word lich). The p was inserted due to the original Latin spelling. Doublet of corps and corpus.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːps/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɹps/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːps/
• 韻: -ɔː(ɹ)ps

名詞

corpse (複数形 corpses)

1. A dead body.

   Drive over the [expletive] corpses! Or we're not letting you in!

2. (archaic, sometimes derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead.

同意語

• (dead body): See Thesaurus:corpse
• (body in any state): See Thesaurus:body

関連する語

• corporate
• corporation
• corporeal
• corps
• corpsy
• corpulent
• corpus

動詞

corpse (三人称単数 現在形 corpses, 現在分詞 corpsing, 過去形および過去分詞形 corpsed)

1. (intransitive, slang, of an actor) To laugh uncontrollably during a performance.
   • 1993, John Banville, Ghosts:

     There were still moments when she would halt suddenly, like an actor stranded in the middle of the stage, lines forgotten, staring goggle-eyed and making fish-mouths...Corpsing: that was the word.