coroner
美音:
[´kɔ:rənə
]英音:
[´kɔ:rənə
]n.验尸官
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名词:coronership
coroner
/'kɒrənə(r); [US] 'kɔ:r-; `kɔrənɚ/
n official who investigates any violent or suspicious death 验尸官; 死因裁判官.
coroner
n[C]
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Anglo-French;Origin:'royal official', from Old French corone; CROWN1]
an official whose job is to discover the cause of someone's death, especially if they died in a sudden or unusual way
The coroner recorded a verdict of death by natural causes.
The coroner's court heard how Mr Banner had been shot twice in the head.