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单词 mummy
释义
mummy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmʌm.i/us
/ˈmʌm.i/

mummynoun[C](MOTHER)

UK
(USmommy)
child's wordformother:
（儿语）妈妈，妈咪
[as form of address]Iwantto gohome, Mummy.我想回家，妈咪。
Could Ispeaktoyourmummyplease, Phoebe?我能和你妈妈通话吗，菲比？
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
your parents
  • parentMy parents died when I was young.
  • biological parentSome children are raised by grandparents or other family members, instead of their biological parents.
  • adoptive parentWhen he was 7 months old, his mother gave him up to his adoptive parents.
  • motherHave you met my mother?
  • fatherMy father fully supports my life choices.
  • mumUKMy mum and dad go there every year.
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More examples
  • Give thelettertoyourmummy.
  • Iwantmy mummy!
  • Justwaittill Itellyourmummy!
  • All the mummies anddaddieswill be there.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Family: informal names
  • baba
  • bro
  • bruv
  • bubba
  • dad
  • granda
  • grandad
  • grandaddy
  • grandma
  • grandpa
  • mammy
  • mater
  • mom
  • momma
  • mommy
  • pa
  • papa
  • pater
  • rellie
  • sis
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mummynoun[C](BODY)

(especiallyinancientEgypt) adeadbodythat ispreventedfromdecayingby beingtreatedwithspecialsubstancesbefore beingwrappedincloth
（尤指古埃及的）木乃伊，干尸
picture of mummy
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Ancient history: before 500 AD
  • ancient
  • ancients
  • antiquity
  • archaic
  • Bactrian
  • centurion
  • Delphic
  • dolmen
  • Euphrates
  • gladiator
  • glyph
  • Hellenic
  • hieroglyph
  • necropolis
  • Parthenon
  • pharaoh
  • procurator
  • Qin dynasty
  • Romano-
  • sarcophagus
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Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
(Definition ofmummyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

mummy| American Dictionary

mummy
noun[C]
us
/ˈmʌm·i/
(esp. inancientEgypt) adeadbodythat has beenpreservedfromdecay,esp. by beingtreatedwithspecialsubstancesbefore beingwrappedincloth
(Definition ofmummyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmummy

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That is precisely the error of the mummies.
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To avoid this problem, only mummies without emergence holes (full mummies) were included in the analyses.
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Three of these cases presented asmummytorsos with signs of severe spondylitis of the lumbar vertebral bodies and evidence for chronic pleuritis.
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Most of the material came from skeletonized mummies, which had been damaged by grave robberies so that the skeletal elements were identifiable.
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Evidence of malignant neoplasm is extremely rare in antiquity, judging from the thousands of skeletons and mummies which have been examined.
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Ultimately, his frustration comes all too close to that felt at the sight of an unwrappedmummy.
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An aphid was considered amummywhen its exoskeleton had become whitish-brown in colour.
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Letters inside the bar graph refer to aphids while letters on line graph refer to mummies.
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After five days, the percentage of mummies per total number of aphids left in each pot was calculated.
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Pregnancy was successfully maintained and a female piglet and amummywith skeleton were delivered.
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But the stories ultimately reassure the reader, by simultaneously taming the mummies and emphasizing the phantasmatic nature of their threat.
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Every day, predated adults (' mummies ') were collected, and the spider was replaced by a new starved one.
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This assertion was based on the observation that in all experiments, about 90% of aphids that survived to the period when mummification occurred became mummies.
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Under these conditions, parasitoid generation time was approximately two weeks with aphids showing clear signs of parasitism (mummies) after about 10 days.
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In contrast, here, the mummies were all found on the central plants or nearby.
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