mummify

英 [ˈmʌmɪfaɪ]

美 [ˈmʌmɪfaɪ]

v.  把(尸体)制成木乃伊

第三人称单数：mummifies　现在分词：mummifying　过去式：mummified　过去分词：mummified　

COCA.43249

牛津词典

verb

• 把（尸体）制成木乃伊
  to preserve a dead body by treating it with special oils and wrapping it in cloth

柯林斯词典

• VERB 在(尸体)上涂敷香料再裹布保存;将(尸体)制成木乃伊
  If a dead bodyis mummified, it is preserved, for example by rubbing it with special oils and wrapping it in cloth.
  1. In America, people are paying up to $150,000 to be mummified after death.
     在美国，死后将尸体制成木乃伊的费用高达15万美元。
  2. ...the mummified pharaoh.
     法老木乃伊

英英释义

verb

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

双语例句

• He wasn't in the box long enough to mummify.
  他不是因长时间在箱子里而干瘪的。