Mortuary



GRE

解释

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• n. 停尸间, 太平间
• ［英］ 停尸间, 太平间 ( a place where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation, as a morgue or funeral home)
• ［记］ mort ( 死) +uary -> 死亡地方 -> 停尸间
• ［例］ A mortician ( 殡仪员) works in a mortuary.

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Latin mortuarius of the dead, from mortuus dead
• Date: 1514
• 1. of or relating to the burial of the dead
• 2. of, relating to, or characteristic of death

II. noun (plural -aries)

• Date: 1865
• a place in which dead bodies are kept until burial; especially funeral home

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