corporal

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɔːp(ə)ɹəl/    美 /ˈkoɹ.pɚ.əl/|/ˈkoɹ.pɹəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A non-commissioned officer army rank with NATO code OR-4. The rank below a sergeant but above a lance corporal and private.
  2. The white linen cloth on which the elements of the Eucharist are placed; a communion cloth.
    — He had […] many corporals, chalice-veils, and sudaria
  3. A non-commissioned officer rank in the police force, below a sergeant but above a private or patrolman.
  4. A worker in charge of the wagonway, reporting to the deputy. historical
  5. A dragonfly of the genus Ladona.
形容词 adj.
  1. Having a physical, tangible body; material, corporeal. archaic,not-comparable
    — Into the air; and what seem'd corporal melted as breath into the wind.
  2. Of or pertaining to the body, especially the human body; bodily. not-comparable
    — corporal punishment
  3. Pertaining to the body (the thorax and abdomen), as distinguished from the head, limbs and wings, etc. not-comparable
    — The smaller 9 9 have less elongated fins, drabber corporal colors, and more transparent fins.

词形变化

corporals plural corporals plural

词汇关系

近义词
bodily corporeal bombardier
衍生词
bicorporal corporality corporally corporalness corporal punishment corporalship extracorporal incorporal intracorporal noncorporal tricorporal uncorporal corporal's guard lance corporal letter corporal saddler-corporal ship's corporal

词源

词源 1
From Middle English corporal, corporall, corporel, corporell, from Old French corporal (French corporel), from Latin corporālis, from Latin corpus (“body”); compare corporeal.
词源 2
From French caporal, probably influenced by corporal (above), from the Italian caporale, from capo (“head, leader”) from Latin caput (“head”).
词源 3
From Middle English corporall, corporalle, from the Latin corporāle, the neuter of corporālis representing the doctrine of transubstantiation in which the Eucharist becomes the body of Christ.
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