car·cass /ˈkɑrkəs/
  屍體
  car·cass /ˈkɑrkəs/ 名詞
  屠體,動物屍體
  Car·cass n.; pl. Carcasses  [Written also carcase.]
  1. A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.
     He turned to see the carcass of the lion.   --Judges xiv. 8.
     This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went into the great pits by cartloads.   --De Foe.
  2. The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule. “To pamper his own carcass.”
  Lovely her face; was ne'er so fair a creature.
  For earthly carcass had a heavenly feature.   --Oldham.
  3. The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing.
     A rotten carcass of a boat.   --Shak.
  4. Mil. A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc.
     A discharge of carcasses and bombshells.   --W. Iving.
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  carcass
       n : the dead body of an animal especially one slaughtered and
           dressed for food [syn: carcase]