mummify
英[ˈmʌmɪfaɪ]
美[ˈmʌməˌfaɪ]
基本释义
- v.
- 成木乃伊状; 干瘪; 使干瘪; 使成木乃伊
词性变化
- 第三人称单数:mummifies;
- 过去式:mummified;
- 过去分词:mummified;
- 现在分词:mummifying;
英英释义
Verb
1. preserve while making lifeless;
"mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"
2. remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it;
"Th Egyptians mummified their pharaos"
3. dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture;
"a mummified body was found"