| 单词 | embalm |
| 释义 | embalm verb[T] uk/ɪmˈbɑːm/us/ɪmˈbɑːm/to usechemicalstopreventadeadbodyfromdecaying （用药物等）对（尸体）进行防腐处理Burying, cremating and preserving bodies
Examplesofembalmembalm His body was embalmed and a memorial service was held on board on the 13th. From theCambridge English Corpus It also describes, in detail, current methods of embalming, cremation, and burial and of the natural process of decomposition of bodies. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, at the same time that we glorify them, we make them useless, turning them into a wall or embalming them in a museum. From theCambridge English Corpus She will not be absorbed into the idle gentlemanly body; and she turns to poison in his mouth, and his nutrient-free liquid diet embalms him alive. From theCambridge English Corpus Embalming was a separate charge and was an extra £25 or in some cases £40. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not wish toembalmsuch places, to make no changes, but to control and slow down the rate of change. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Embalming before burial is fairly normal there; it is not here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They might just as well have been embalmed, but they were living when they were not really here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When politicians lose the confidence of the people in their own country, they can have their rejected policies embalmed for five years. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English It has been said this evening that the countryside cannot be embalmed and kept as it is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It relates to the problems faced by the relatives of deceased persons, who have had to be embalmed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As our once pre-eminent manufacturing companies fell further behind foreign competition, they were embalmed in ever-higher subsidies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, it was natural that the old delusion, embalmed in those anomalous privileges, should be carried from the period 1921 to 1949 into the period after 1949. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But time and truth will rescue andembalm, while posterity will be enjoying that very liberty for which they would never have hesitated to offer up their lives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When a person died, their body was embalmed and perfumed with manoi to help facilitate their journey into the afterlife. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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