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exhume

vt.掘出,发掘

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exhume为短语/超纲词汇

词形变化:

动词过去式:exhumed 过去分词:exhumed 现在分词:exhuming 第三人称单数:exhumes 名词:exhumation

词根

hum=ground(地面)

exhume


/eks'hju:m; [US] ɪg'zu:m; ɪˇ`zum/
v [Tn] take (a dead body) from the ground (for examination) 掘出(尸体)(以检验)
*When the police exhumed the corpse they discovered traces of poison in it. 警方掘出尸体, 发现有中毒的痕迹.

exhume


v [T]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: French;Origin: exhumer, from Medieval Latin exhumare, from Latin humus 'earth']
formal to remove a dead body from the ground, especially in order to check the cause of death
= dig up
>exhumation [,ekshju'meɪʃən (US) ,ekshju-, ,egzju-/