carrion: [13] Ultimately, carrion is a derivative of Latin carō ‘flesh’ (source also of English carnal). This appears to have had a Vulgar Latin offshoot *carōnia, which entered English via Anglo-Norman caroine. At first it was used in English for ‘dead body’, but before the end of the 13th century the current sense ‘flesh unfit for human consumption’ had begun to establish itself. => carnal, crone
carrion (n.)
early 13c., carione, from Anglo-French carogne (Old North French caroigne; Old French charogne, 12c., "carrion, corpse," Modern French charogne), from Vulgar Latin *caronia "carcass" (source of Italian carogna, Spanish carroña "carrion"), from Latin caro "meat" (see carnage).
实用例句
1. They range widely in search of carrion.
它们在广阔的区域内搜寻腐肉。
来自柯林斯例句
2. crows feeding on carrion
以腐肉为食的乌鸦
来自《权威词典》
3. Crows circled overhead, looking for carrion.
乌鸦在头顶盘旋，寻觅着腐肉。
来自辞典例句
4. When the neighbors were at odds with her, they called her strumpet and carrion.
邻居们跟她争吵的时候, 骂她臭婊子和贱货.
来自辞典例句
5. Carrion crows bewail the dead sheep and then eat them.
