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Mortuary Word Funeral Room Hospital Dead Bodies Buried

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
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[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.
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    [N-COUNT 可数名词]同 funeral home A mortuary is the same as a funeral home .
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