n.

1. 灵魂，心灵[C]
   Christians believe that the soul lives forever.

   基督徒相信灵魂永生。

2. 精神；精力[U]
   She puts her whole soul into work.

   她把全部精力投入工作。

3. 气魄；热情[U]
   It's quite an attractive building, but somehow it hasn't got much soul.

   那是一幢相当漂亮的建筑，但不知怎的它没有多少生气。

4. 鬼魂[C]
   He feared the soul of his deceased wife would haunt him.

   他害怕亡妻的鬼魂会来缠扰他。

5. 人[C]
   You saw hardly a soul in the village.

   在村子里，你几乎看不到什么人。

6. 精华，精髓；要素，核心[C][（+of）]
   Brevity is the soul of wit.

   言贵简洁。

7. 主脑；中心人物；推动力[the S][（+of）]
   Philip is the life and soul of any party.

   菲利浦是所有宴会的灵魂人物。

   He was the soul of the enterprise.

   他是这家企业的主脑。

8. 化身，典范[the S][（+of）]
   He is the soul of honor.

   他是正直的化身。

9. 【美】【口】黑人灵歌[U]

a.

1. 美国黑人的；美国黑人文化的[B]
   He is a soul singer.

   他是一位美国黑人歌手。

n.

1. the spiritual or immaterial part of a person, regarded as immortal.
   ▸a person's moral or emotional nature or sense of identity.
2. emotional or intellectual energy or intensity.
   ▸soul music.
3. a person regarded as the embodiment of a quality:
   he was the soul of discretion.
   ▸an individual.
   ▸a person regarded with affection or pity.