a person who embodies in the flesh a deity, spirit, or abstract quality (神、妖、抽象性质的)化身(或体现者) Rama was Vishnu's incarnation on earth. 罗摩是毗湿奴在人世间的化身。 ■(the Incarnation)(in Christian theology) the embodiment of God the Son in human flesh as Jesus Christ (基督教神学)道成肉身,耶稣基督(上帝之子的人形化身)
(with reference to reincarnation) one of a series of lifetimes which a person spends on earth (有关轮回)一世,一辈子 in my next incarnation, I'd like to be the Minister Of Fun. 下辈子我想做娱乐部长。 ■the form in which a person spends such a lifetime 人生在世,人世
语源
Middle English (as a term in Christian theology): via Old French from ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio(n-), from the verb incarnare (see incarnate)