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单词 disentomb
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Definition of disentomb in English:

disentomb

verb dɪsɪnˈtuːmdɪsɛnˈtuːmˌdɪsənˈtum
[with object]
  • Remove (something) from a tomb.

    从坟墓中掘出

    a mummy which we saw disentombed

    我们看到的一个被从墓中挖出的木乃伊。

    figurative he disentombed a great part of the early history of England

    〈喻〉他发掘出了一大部分英格兰的早期历史。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On 5 October 1999 remains were disentombed from a mausoleum crypt in Ohio.
    • The same method, it is understood, has been applied to the deciphering of the cuneiform records recently disentombed from the ruins of Nineveh.
    • So many fossil links have been disentombed that he has had to alter the whole classification, and has placed certain Pachyderms in the same sub-order with ruminants.
    • Some of the earlier burials were disentombed and reburied in the new site, but many were left in unmarked graves.
    • We have to disentomb the remains of the Thebes and the Ninevehs to get at the history of their ancient monarchs.
    • The earth was equally pitiless towards the dead in their graves: the sepulchers opened, and the buried were disentombed.
    • After several months disentombing, 500 pieces of culture relics were discovered in about 2,000 square meters.
    • The mortal remains of the Prince and his next of kin and fellow exiles were then disentombed and returned to their homeland to be reburied in worthy graves.
    • A few minutes sufficed to disentomb the skeleton, for the men sympathised with their young comrade, and worked with all their energies.
    • Close to Rumeilah stands the first Iron Age construction, disentombed on a large scale in the UAE.
    • The barley grew up undisturbed till the month was accomplished, and, at the expiration of that time, hundreds of people thronged to be present at the disentombing of the fakeer.
    • The hypothesis that Babylon was ruled by an Aryan dynasty was strictly contradicted by Berosus and the records disentombed from the ruins.
    • This particular horsedrawn vehicle lay neglected for decades before being disentombed from its dark hiding place in 1996.
    • I leaned over with breathless anxiety while the Indians worked, and an eye, an ear, a foot, or a hand was disentombed.
    • At length, after being lost for more than two thousand years, the city was disentombed.
    Synonyms
    dig up, excavate, exhume, disinter, bring to the surface, mine, quarry, pull out, root out, scoop out, unbury

Derivatives

  • disentombment

  • noundɪsɛnˈtuːmm(ə)ntdɪsɪnˈtuːmm(ə)nt
    • In addition, disinterment or disentombment is costly and burdensome.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We are now faced with disentombment and burial in the ground after an unbelievable disrespect to every unfortunate person that is emtombed in this mausoleum.
      • Next to the splendid discoveries effected in recent times by the disentombment of the monuments of Assyria and Chaldaea, the curiosity and interest of ethnologists might be reasonably supposed to be concerned in the probable existence, in the present day, of descendants of some branches of the Assyrians or Chaldaeans of old in the same neighbourhoods.
      • Not only was a disentombment not attempted, but the tomb was never even venerated - a practice which was very common at the time.

Definition of disentomb in US English:

disentomb

verbˌdɪsənˈtumˌdisənˈto͞om
[with object]
  • Remove (something) from a tomb.

    从坟墓中掘出

    a mummy that we saw disentombed

    我们看到的一个被从墓中挖出的木乃伊。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This particular horsedrawn vehicle lay neglected for decades before being disentombed from its dark hiding place in 1996.
    • The mortal remains of the Prince and his next of kin and fellow exiles were then disentombed and returned to their homeland to be reburied in worthy graves.
    • The hypothesis that Babylon was ruled by an Aryan dynasty was strictly contradicted by Berosus and the records disentombed from the ruins.
    • The barley grew up undisturbed till the month was accomplished, and, at the expiration of that time, hundreds of people thronged to be present at the disentombing of the fakeer.
    • Some of the earlier burials were disentombed and reburied in the new site, but many were left in unmarked graves.
    • After several months disentombing, 500 pieces of culture relics were discovered in about 2,000 square meters.
    • We have to disentomb the remains of the Thebes and the Ninevehs to get at the history of their ancient monarchs.
    • At length, after being lost for more than two thousand years, the city was disentombed.
    • A few minutes sufficed to disentomb the skeleton, for the men sympathised with their young comrade, and worked with all their energies.
    • So many fossil links have been disentombed that he has had to alter the whole classification, and has placed certain Pachyderms in the same sub-order with ruminants.
    • The same method, it is understood, has been applied to the deciphering of the cuneiform records recently disentombed from the ruins of Nineveh.
    • On 5 October 1999 remains were disentombed from a mausoleum crypt in Ohio.
    • I leaned over with breathless anxiety while the Indians worked, and an eye, an ear, a foot, or a hand was disentombed.
    • The earth was equally pitiless towards the dead in their graves: the sepulchers opened, and the buried were disentombed.
    • Close to Rumeilah stands the first Iron Age construction, disentombed on a large scale in the UAE.
    Synonyms
    dig up, excavate, exhume, disinter, bring to the surface, mine, quarry, pull out, root out, scoop out, unbury
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