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carnal

/kahr-nl/US // ˈkɑr nl //UK // (ˈkɑːnəl) //

肉体的,肉体,肉体上的,肉欲

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures.
    • : not spiritual; merely human; temporal; worldly: a man of secular, rather carnal, leanings.

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Examples

  • Despite this, some have had a deep impact on me, to the point that we consider ourselves “brothers” or “carnal,” as Central Americans call their brothers.

  • The heterosexuality of some who have been confined in a prison for many years, surrounded by only testosterone, can succumb to the carnal desires of whoever is able to satisfy them.

  • Several comrades have succumbed to their most carnal desires and have found in Britany the ideal solution to alleviate forced celibacy.

  • The trendily spruced-up Meatpacking District, notorious once upon a time as a carnal marketplace, beckons the theater world with director Moisés Kaufman’s thematically resonant if erratic production of “Seven Deadly Sins.”

  • Birkin whisper-sings with carnal reverie and eventually breaks out into orgasmic moans.

  • With all due respect to his athletic skill, Gronkowski is not high on the list of NFL players that elicit carnal thoughts.

  • What if an affair is a process of positive self-discovery rather than selfish carnal impulses?

  • That play eventually became the movie Carnal Knowledge, directed by Mike Nichols.

  • Her stories memorably show carnal relations as a means to a vicious end.

  • More so, in fact, than any number of salacious carnal details.

  • Charges of unlawful carnal knowledge or indecent assault arise, for the most part, from complaints made by females.

  • If you examine them about spiritual matters, you will find them merely carnal.

  • I prayed that the many evils I felt within might be done away, and that I might be weaned from my former carnal acquaintances.

  • And the sly carnal wisdom of the advice, no less than the charity which made it practicable, left a good taste in the mouth.

  • David groaned to find that such carnal motives could have influence upon the mind of a powerful preacher.