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mummify

英 ['mʌmɪfaɪ] 美['mʌmɪ'fai]
  • vt. 将…做成木乃伊;使干瘪;弄干保存
  • vi. 成木乃伊状;干瘪

英英释意


1. preserve while making lifeless;
"mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"
2. remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it;
"Th Egyptians mummified their pharaos"
3. dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture;
"a mummified body was found"