| 单词 | slumber room |
| 释义 | > as lemmasslumber room slumber room n. U.S. a room in which a corpse is laid out by an undertaker until the funeral takes place. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > mortuary lich-housec1200 coffin-house1611 dead-house1812 dead-room1835 funeral house1850 mortuary1864 hearse-house1870 slumber room1936 1936 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4) vi. 287 When it [sc. the mortician's business] is achieved the patient is put into a casket and stored in the reposing room or slumber-room of a funeral-home. 1963 J. Mitford Amer. Way of Death iv. 61 The slumber rooms are elusively reminiscent of some other feature of American life... ‘So then you've got a slumber room tied up for three days or more,’ he said... ‘How much would it cost you to stay in a good motel for three days?’.. Motels for the dead! That's it, of course. 1979 Sun-Times (Chicago) 28 Sept. 4 Would it be considered improper to take a photograph of a deceased friend or relative in the slumber room during viewing hours? < as lemmas |
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