| 单词 | embalm |
| 释义 | embalm (once / 2852 pages) v To embalm is to prepare a body for a funeral or burial. Part of a funeral director's job is to embalm the bodies of people who have died. Various traditions of death and burial require a dead body to be preserved with chemicals, and when someone does this, she's said to embalm the body. Occasionally, there are also medical research or educational reasons to embalm a body. Embalm has an Old French root, embaumer, "preserve a corpse with spices." WORD FAMILYembalm: embalmed, embalmer, embalming, embalmment, embalms+/embalmer: embalmers/embalmment: embalmments USAGE EXAMPLESDemand also is on the rise for so-called “green burials,” in which no embalming is done and biodegradable burial materials are used. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) Myrrh was used for embalming – it prefigures Christ’s death. The Guardian(Dec 23, 2016) The person being buried must not be embalmed and should be clad in light, biodegradable clothing. BBC(Dec 18, 2016) v preserve a dead body Hypo|Hyper mummify remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it conserve, keep up, maintain, preserve keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction |
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