A cadaver is a dead human body. Doctors and scientists use this word when the body is there to be studied — in a medical school, in a laboratory, in a report.

A cadavercadaver 這個字 is a dead human body指的是人的屍體。Doctors and scientists醫生和科學家 use this word會用這個字 when the body is there to be studied當這具身體是要被拿來研究的時候——in a medical school, in a laboratory, in a report像是在醫學院、實驗室，或報告裡。

It is colder and more technical than body, and a little less everyday than corpse. You would not say it about an animal (then you say carcass), and you would not say it to a grieving family; then people say the body or, with care, remains.

It它 is colder and more technical than body比 body 這個字更冷、更技術性，and a little less everyday than corpse也比 corpse 少一點日常感。You你 would not say it about an animal不會用這個字講動物（then you say carcass那時候會說 carcass），and you would not say it to a grieving family也不會對正在哀悼的家屬這樣說；then people say the body or, with care, remains這時候人們會說 the body，或者更謹慎一點說 remains。

The word keeps its Latin shape on purpose: it belongs to the hospital, the anatomy room, and the courtroom. Students of medicine meet it early.

The word keeps its Latin shape on purpose這個字特意保留了拉丁文的樣子：it belongs to the hospital, the anatomy room, and the courtroom它是屬於醫院、解剖室和法庭的用語。Students of medicine學醫的學生 meet it early很早就會接觸到這個字。

The matching look-word is cadaverous, but that one has moved: it describes a living person who looks as if they had already died.

The matching look-word外形相近的字 is cadaverous是 cadaverous，but that one has moved但那個字的意思已經轉變了：it describes a living person它是用來形容一個活著的人 who looks as if they had already died看起來像已經死了一樣（形容枯槁）。