carrion: [13] Ultimately, carrion is a derivative of Latin carō ‘flesh’ (source also of English carnal). This appears to have had a Vulgar Latin offshoot *carōnia, which entered English via Anglo-Norman caroine. At first it was used in English for ‘dead body’, but before the end of the 13th century the current sense ‘flesh unfit for human consumption’ had begun to establish itself. => carnal, crone
carrion (n.)
early 13c., carione, from Anglo-French carogne (Old North French caroigne; Old French charogne, 12c., "carrion, corpse," Modern French charogne), from Vulgar Latin *caronia "carcass" (source of Italian carogna, Spanish carro?a "carrion"), from Latin caro "meat" (see carnage).
雙語例句
1. They range widely in search of carrion.
它們在廣闊的區(qū)域內(nèi)搜尋腐肉。
來自柯林斯例句
2. crows feeding on carrion
以腐肉為食的烏鴉
來自《權威詞典》
3. Crows circled overhead, looking for carrion.
烏鴉在頭頂盤旋，尋覓著腐肉。
來自辭典例句
4. When the neighbors were at odds with her, they called her strumpet and carrion.
鄰居們跟她爭吵的時候, 罵她臭婊子和賤貨.
來自辭典例句
5. Carrion crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them.