the trunk of the human body 人體軀干 ■the trunk of a statue without, or considered independently of, the head and limbs (無頭和四肢的)軀干雕塑 ■(figurative)an unfinished or mutilated thing, especially a work of art or literature (喻)(尤指藝術(shù)品、文學(xué)作品)未完成(或殘缺)的東西,未竟之作 the Requiem torso was preceded by the cantata. 在不完整的安魂曲之前先唱大合唱。
語源
late 18th cent.: from Italian, literally stalk, stump', from Latin thyrsus (see thyrsus)