| 英语单词 | mortuary |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['mɔːtʃəri] 美 ['mɔːrtʃueri] |
| 中文释义 | n.停尸间;太平间 adj.与死有关的;丧葬的 |
| 英语例句 | (1) In the mortuary there are many stiffened corpses. (2) A mortuary is where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects. (3) Franz and the count descended these, and found themselves in a mortuary chamber. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 停尸房中摆满了僵冷的尸体。 (2) 太平间是死者的朋友可以见死者最后一面的地方。 (3) 弗兰兹和伯爵拾级而下,发觉他们已站在了一个坟场的交叉路口。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A mortuary is a room or area, often in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept. You can also use the word mortuary to talk about a funeral home. |
| vocabulary扩展 | When a person dies in a hospital, his body is usually moved to a mortuary before an autopsy takes place. A mortuary is also where a body is kept until it's buried or cremated. Another word for a mortuary is a morgue, which is more commonly used in the United States. In the 1500's, mortuary was used as an adjective meaning "pertaining to death," from the Latin root word mortuus, or "dead." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](医院的)陈尸所,停尸房,太平间 A mortuary is a building or a room in a hospital where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated, or before they are identified or examined. 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]同 funeral home A mortuary is the same as a funeral home . [AM 美] |
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