mummify
/muhm-uh-fahy/US // ˈmʌm əˌfaɪ //UK // (ˈmʌmɪˌfaɪ) //
木乃伊化,木乃伊,变成木乃伊,化腐朽为神奇
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v.有主动词 verb
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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.
v.无主动词 verb
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mum·mi·fied, mum·mi·fy·ing.
- : to dry or shrivel up.
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Examples
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.
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