exhume
vt.掘出,发掘
难易程度:
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
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dig up>exhumation [,ekshju'meɪʃən (US) ,ekshju-, ,egzju-/