corpus vile

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von corpus vile im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A person, animal or thing treated as expendable, to therefore use as an experimental subject regardless of whatever loss or damage it may suffer as a result

The subject of an experiment

The image of Shakespeare's works has suffered in many people's minds because of it being much used as a corpus vile for school teaching.

Silbentrennung

cor·pus vile

Türkische aussprache

kôrpıs vayl

Aussprache

/ˈkôrpəs ˈvīl/ /ˈkɔːrpəs ˈvaɪl/

Etymologie

() From Latin corpus (“body”) vile (“worthless”).