the trunk of the human body
人体躯干。
the trunk of a statue without, or considered independently of, the head and limbs
(无头和四肢的)躯干雕塑。
〈喻〉 (尤指艺术品、文学作品)未完成(或残缺)的东西,未竟之作
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the Requiem torso was preceded by the cantata .在不完整的安魂曲之前先唱大合唱。
"late 18th cent.: from Italian, literally ‘stalk, stump', from Latin