Mummy

['mʌmɪ] or ['mʌmi]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt).

手打:齐妮亚--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.

(n.) Dried flesh of a mummy.

(n.) A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.

(n.) A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).

(n.) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.

(n.) One whose affections and energies are withered.

(v. t.) To embalm; to mummify.

編輯:马克斯

解釋/意思:

n. a human body preserved by the Egyptian art of embalming in which wax spices &c. were employed: a kind of wax used in grafting: a brown pigment: (obs.) a medicinal gum.—v.t. to embalm and dry as a mummy:—pr.p. mumm′ying; pa.p. mumm′ied.—n. Mummificā′tion.—adj. Mumm′iform.—v.t. Mumm′ify to make into a mummy: to embalm and dry as a mummy:—pr.p. mumm′ifying; pa.p. mumm′ified.—ns. Mumm′y-case a case of wood or cartonnage for an Egyptian mummy; Munny-cloth the linen cloth in which a mummy was wrapped: a modern fabric resembling it used as a basis for embroidery: a fabric like crape for mourning-dress having a cotton or silk warp and woollen weft; Mumm′y-wheat a variety of wheat with compound spikes—Triticum compositum.

編輯:米考伯