| 单词 | mortuary |
| 释义 | mortuaryDeath mor·tu·a·ry1 /ˈmɔːtʃuəri $ ˈmɔːrtʃueri/ noun (plural mortuaries) [countableC] 1. British EnglishBrEMX a building or room, for example in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated 停尸房，陈尸所，太平间 SYN morgue 2. American EnglishAmEMX the place where a body is kept before a funeral and where the funeral is sometimes held 殡仪馆 Examples from the Corpus mortuary• The next day she located his body at a mortuary.• Most of those are autopsied and then released to a mortuary in a relatively short period of time.• The body was taken to the city mortuary.• The remains of a few victims were taken to a makeshift mortuary in a hangar at Schiphol.• They also send a hearse to carry the body to the funeral home or mortuary.• If the person dies in hospital the family will need to collect the body from the mortuary.• I joined her in the mortuary.• An earlier announcement named the wrong mortuary. Death mortuary2 adjectiveadj [only before noun] formalMX connected with death or funerals 死亡的；丧葬的 a mortuary urn 骨灰瓮 Examples from the Corpus mortuary• Scathach had entered the mortuary house.• There are a number of cemeteries where the details of the mortuary ritual varies considerably.• A funeral director's licence needed a degree and two year's mortuary service following a one-year apprenticeship.• His body rested in his tomb and his cult was celebrated in his mortuary temple.• a mortuary urn (1300-1400) Medieval Latin mortuarium, from Latin mortuus “dead” |
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