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Exhume V Medieval Latin Humus 出 Eks'hju:M 掘出,发掘

单词 exhume
音标 [eks'hju:m]
解释 v. 掘出,发掘
红宝书 【英】 v.掘出,发掘(to dig out of the earth; disinter)
【记】 ex+hume(地)→从地下 挖出→挖出
【同】 同根词:humility(谦 卑); humus(腐殖土)
字源 exhume (v.)
early 15c., from Medieval Latin exhumare "to unearth" (13c.), from Latin ex- "out of" (see ex-) + humare "bury," from humus "earth" (see chthonic). An alternative form was exhumate (1540s), taken directly from Medieval Latin. Related: Exhumed; exhuming.
不择手段背单词 v. 掘出(从坟墓中挖出) = disinter; 发掘(从默默无闻的状态中发现出来, 比如: 巴乔)
【记】ex出, hume地, 土-从地下出-挖出human(n 人; 人类)上帝造人用的就是泥土.
【参】humility(n 谦卑); humus(腐殖土: 由腐烂植物或动物体构成, 可以为植物提供养份, 提高土壤蓄水能力)
趣味全助记 【记】ex 出 + humus 土,地→挖;ex 出 + human 人,把人(从坟里,土地里)挖出来;ex出 + hum土圣经说human是用hume(土)造出来的
【相关】inhume 埋葬,humus 腐殖土,humid 潮湿的,humor 幽默

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