soul /ˈsol/
 靈魂,心靈,精神,精髓,精華,人,化身,典型,鬼魂(a.)黑人的;(尤指在黑人文化中)激發情感的


 Soul a. Sole. [Obs.]


 Soul, v. i.  To afford suitable sustenance. [Obs.]


 Soul, n.
 1. The spiritual, rational, and immortal part in man; that part of man which enables him to think, and which renders him a subject of moral government; -- sometimes, in distinction from the higher nature, or spirit, of man, the so-called animal soul, that is, the seat of life, the sensitive affections and phantasy, exclusive of the voluntary and rational powers; -- sometimes, in distinction from the mind, the moral and emotional part of man's nature, the seat of feeling, in distinction from intellect; -- sometimes, the intellect only; the understanding; the seat of knowledge, as distinguished from feeling.  In a more general sense, “an animating, separable, surviving entity, the vehicle of individual personal existence.”
    The eyes of our souls only then begin to see, when our bodily eyes are closing.   --Law.
 2. The seat of real life or vitality; the source of action; the animating or essential part. “The hidden soul of harmony.”
    Thou sun, of this great world both eye and soul.   --Milton.
 3. The leader; the inspirer; the moving spirit; the heart; as, the soul of an enterprise; an able general is the soul of his army.
    He is the very soul of bounty!   --Shak.
 4. Energy; courage; spirit; fervor; affection, or any other noble manifestation of the heart or moral nature; inherent power or goodness.
 That he wants algebra he must confess;
 But not a soul to give our arms success.   --Young.
 5. A human being; a person; -- a familiar appellation, usually with a qualifying epithet; as, poor soul.
    As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.   --Prov. xxv. 25.
 God forbid so many simple souls
 Should perish by the sword!   --Shak.
    Now mistress Gilpin (careful soul).   --Cowper.
 6. A pure or disembodied spirit.
 That to his only Son . . . every soul in heaven
 Shall bend the knee.   --Milton.
 Note: ☞ Soul is used in the formation of numerous compounds, most of which are of obvious signification; as, soul-betraying, soul-consuming, soul-destroying, soul-distracting, soul-enfeebling, soul-exalting, soul-felt, soul-harrowing, soul-piercing, soul-quickening, soul-reviving, soul-stirring, soul-subduing, soul-withering, etc.
 Syn: -- Spirit; life; courage; fire; ardor.
 Cure of souls. See Cure, n., 2.
 Soul bell, the passing bell. --Bp. Hall.
 Soul foot. See Soul scot, below. [Obs.]
 Soul scot or Soul shot. [Soul + scot, or shot; cf. AS. sāwelsceat.] O. Eccl. Law A funeral duty paid in former times for a requiem for the soul. --Ayliffe.


 Soul v. t. To indue with a soul; to furnish with a soul or mind. [Obs.]

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 soul
      n 1: the immaterial part of a person; the actuating cause of an
           individual life [syn: psyche]
      2: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
         [syn: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal,
          human]
      3: deep feeling or emotion [syn: soulfulness]
      4: the human embodiment of something; "the soul of honor"
      5: a secular form of gospel that was a major Black musical
         genre in the 1960s and 1970s; "soul was politically
         significant during the Civil Rights movement"