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单词 mummify
释义
mummify
verb[T]
uk
/ˈmʌm.ɪ.faɪ/us
/ˈmʌm.ə.faɪ/
topreserveadeadbodyas amummy
把（尸体）制成木乃伊
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Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
(Definition ofmummifyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
Examples from literature
  • Ancient Egyptians also took as much time and care to mummify their pets as they did with people.
  • Ancient Egyptians took about 70 days to mummify a body.
  • Archaeologists found several other mummified horses in the area.
  • For thousands of years, groups around the world mummified people.
  • However, some mummies were naturally mummified.
  • It was expensive to pay people to mummify bodies.
  • People around the world were mummified in different ways, but all mummies help archaeologists learn about the past.
  • Some of these groups also mummified animals.
  • Some people mummified dead bodies like the Egyptians did.
  • The bodies were naturally mummified thousands of years ago.
  • These animals were mummified and covered with bronze.
  • They buried people with mummified birds, so the dead could learn in the afterlife.
  • They often mummified and buried cats with queens.

Examplesofmummify

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Her body is mummified, rendered statue-like, transformed by the embalmers' skills into an artificial appearance of eternal youth.
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Thus, egg and larval mortality appeared negligible, because nearly all stung aphids were mummified.
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The fixing and staining compounds are not well absorbed, indicating only mummified remains of micro-organisms.
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Some of his patients had been treated with a substance called endomethesone, which contains a steroid and a mummifying agent.
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Factors such as temperature, humidity, and the season of death all determine how fast a fresh body will skeletonize ormummify.
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When a pupa is infected, it often mummifies.
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It is distinguished by its matchless textile skills, trephinations, and the art of mummifying their dead.
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The fruit mummifies and stays attached to the stem.
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She applied for grants, describing the project as mummifying the air in a room.
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Heather is coerced into completing the ritual, and the vines begin tomummifyall of the girls in the school.
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