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mummy

/muhm-ee/US // ˈmʌm i //UK // (ˈmʌmɪ) //

木乃伊,妈咪,妈妈,姆妈

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    plural mum·mies.

    • : the dead body of a human being or animal preserved by the ancient Egyptian process or some similar method of embalming.
    • : a dead body dried and preserved by nature.
    • : a withered or shrunken living being.
    • : a dry, shriveled fruit, tuber, or other plant organ, resulting from any of several fungous diseases.
v.有主动词 verb
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    mum·mied, mum·my·ing.

    • : to make into or cause to resemble a mummy; mummify.

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Examples

  • Analyzing other nonroyal mummies from ancient Egypt may reveal how common mud shells were, who used them and why.

  • Torchlight bags from Big Agnes offer an expandable twist on the mummy design to provide the best of both worlds.

  • Until now, this type of procedure had mostly been seen in human mummies.

  • Ancient embalmers often opened the mouths and eyes of mummies so the dead could see and communicate with the living, but previously this kind of procedure had primarily been seen in human mummies.

  • Ancient people in Great Britain made their own mummies, for instance.

  • In recent years, away from the screen, Hurley has reinvented herself as a yummy mummy.

  • Some families have one mummy, some families have one daddy, or two families.

  • Kashkari instead agreed with the Los Angeles Times' Matt Pearce that he looks like “the mummy from The Mummy.”

  • In pictures taken after the attack, she was wrapped up like a mummy.

  • But our plan is to dress our son up as a mummy and take him through the neighborhoods to do his thing.

  • Her whole soul hangs upon the lips of a beautiful baby doll that seems to be calling her his mummy.

  • He calls him a mummy, and describes him as being dead long ago and having lately also married.

  • He is an animated mummy, who used to fish on the Nile three thousand years ago, and catch nothing.

  • His pleasant, youthful face was drawn to mummy-like wanness.

  • This was to act as the protector Khepra, of the ka or immaterial vitality of the sahu or mummy.