corpus vile

短语

发音

/ˈkɔɹpəs ˈviːleɪ/

词形变化

corpora vilia 复数 corpora vilia

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    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.

  2. 2.

    The subject of an experiment.

    比喻

词源

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

来源：wiktionary