| 单词 | mortuary |
| 释义 | mortuary (once / 7592 pages) nadj A mortuary is a room or area, often in a hospital, where dead bodies are kept. You can also use the word mortuary to talk about a funeral home. When a person dies in a hospital, his body is usually moved to a mortuary before an autopsy takes place. A mortuary is also where a body is kept until it's buried or cremated. Another word for a mortuary is a morgue, which is more commonly used in the United States. In the 1500's, mortuary was used as an adjective meaning "pertaining to death," from the Latin root word mortuus, or "dead." WORD FAMILYmortuary: mortuaries USAGE EXAMPLESFormaldehyde—the mortuary chemical—is added to preserve the virus’s structural components but destroy its capacity to infect cells and reproduce. The New Yorker(Aug 15, 2016) Etete Peters of the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital said mortuaries are overflowing and the final death toll likely will be much higher. Seattle Times(Dec 11, 2016) Ten days later, the mortuary at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware confirmed it was Gilbert’s. Time(Dec 01, 2016) 1n a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation Syn|Hypo|Hyper dead room, morgue crematorium, crematory a mortuary where corpses are cremated funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral parlour, funeral-residencea mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects building, edifice a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place 2adj of or relating to or characteristic of death 3adj of or relating to a funeral |
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