corpse
noun[C]
uk/kɔːps/us/kɔːrps/C2
adeadbody, usually of aperson:
(通常指人的)尸体Theactorhad toplaya corpselyingin amorgue.
Synonyms
body(PHYSICAL STRUCTURE)
cadaverspecialized
carcass
stiff(BODY)slang
- The corpse was in anadvancedstageofdecomposition.
- Most of the corpses werebadlyburned, makingidentificationalmostimpossible.
- The corpse hadlainpreservedin thesoilforalmosttwomillennia.
Death and dying
- be as dead as a doornailidiom
- bereave
- bite
- bleed out
- buy the farmidiom
- cadaveric
- death toll
- depart this lifeidiom
- die off
- fatality
- ghost
- morbid
- necrophiliac
- perch
- predecease
- push
- remains
- shuffle off this mortal coilidiom
- starvation
- watery
corpse
verb[IorT]
slanguk/kɔːps/us/kɔːrps/tostartlaughingin a way you cannotcontrolduring aperformance, or to make someoneelsedo this; a word used byactorsandperformers:
Thescenewas soludicrousit was hard toplaywithout corpsing.
He had atendencyto corpse in themiddleof thesketch.
Shestartedgiggling, with thathelplessgurglethat has corpsed so many of herfellowactors.
- He wasabletodeliverthe mostabsurdlinesstraightfaced, without corpsing.
- It's every broadcaster'snightmareto corpse onair.
- Theclosingcreditsincludeout-takes offluffedlinesand corpsingactors.
- SheplaysLadyBritomart Undershaft (anamethatnearlycorpsed her and herco-staronopeningnight).
Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
- act out
- amateur theater
- appear
- blocking
- camp
- chew
- chew the sceneryidiom
- dumb show
- greasepaint
- improvisation
- interpreter
- method acting
- re-enactment
- recreation
- rep
- tread
- walk
- walk throughsomething
- walkthrough
- wrap party