mummify 的 2 个定义
mum·mi·fied, mum·mi·fy·ing.
- to make into a mummy, as by embalming and drying.
- to make resemble a mummy; dry or shrivel up: The dead lizard was mummified by the hot desert air.
- to preserve that may have outlived its usefulness or relevance: Those mummified customs have no place in society today.
mum·mi·fied, mum·mi·fy·ing.
- to dry or shrivel up.
mummify 近义词
embalm
更多mummify例句
- Blackened lungs in mummified tissue from Egypt, Peru, and Great Britain point to wood fires from ancient homes.
- Other experts argue that ancient Egyptians embraced the union of death and life, and that the dead were mummified to give the spirit a body, and thus would have welcomed some modern interaction with the living.
- They mummify the victim, as it were, and tuck him away for the morrow.
- They mummify before decay sets in and turn into a leathery brown, similar to the mummies of Egypt.