soul
灵魂,魂,灵魂人物,灵魂深处
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Definitions
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- : the principle of life, feeling, thought, and action in humans, regarded as a distinct entity separate from the body, and commonly held to be separable in existence from the body; the spiritual part of humans as distinct from the physical part.
- : the spiritual part of humans regarded in its moral aspect, or as believed to survive death and be subject to happiness or misery in a life to come: arguing the immortality of the soul.
- : the disembodied spirit of a deceased person: He feared the soul of the deceased would haunt him.
- : the emotional part of human nature; the seat of the feelings or sentiments.
- : a human being; person.
- : high-mindedness; noble warmth of feeling, spirit or courage, etc.
- : the animating principle; the essential element or part of something.
- : the inspirer or moving spirit of some action, movement, etc.
- : the embodiment of some quality: He was the very soul of tact.
- : Christian Science. God; the divine source of all identity and individuality.
- : shared ethnic awareness and pride among Black people, especially Black Americans.
- : deeply felt emotion, as conveyed or expressed by a performer or artist.
- : soul music.
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- : of, characteristic of, or for Black Americans or their culture: soul newspapers.
Phrases
- soul of, the
- bare one's soul
- heart and soul
- keep body and soul together
- kindred spirit (soul)
- living soul
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
The Senate likes to call itself “the world’s greatest deliberative body,” and the filibuster, at least in myth, is the soul of that deliberation.
Likewise, when celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson, of Ethiopian and Swedish descent, opened soul food restaurant Red Rooster in Harlem, New York, in 2010, some criticized it for contributing to gentrification by catering to outsiders.
All the same, Stone Locals is a compelling depiction of the soul of the sport.
As a Belarusian citizen, my heart hurts, and my soul is tired.
We started with a major open space idea as we sculpted our plan, and it has now rightfully emerged as the soul of the project.
Education controls the transmission of values and molds the spirit before dominating the soul.
But damn, the music is catchy—a neo-soul aural assault of horns, electro swirls, yelps, funky basslines, and harmonized vocals.
Ragtime, blues, country, jazz, soul, and rock and roll were all pioneered or inspired by black artists.
The gathering of the thousands of cops had been a soul-stirring sight.
You mix up English working-class gruffness with African-American soul from the Deep South.
But the liberal soul deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand.
Words are often everywhere as the minute-hands of the soul, more important than even the hour-hands of action.
Monotheism is strictly inconsistent with the supremacy of “merits” which is the very soul of Oriental religion.
Some critics feel that, despite much that is desirable in her work, the soul is lacking in the women she paints.
David says, that his soul was full of trouble, and his life drew near unto the grave.