甲百匯小鸡词典

embalm

E 开头单词GMAT词汇

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ɪm'bɑːm; em-]
  • 美式音标 [ɪmˈbɑːm]
  • 国际音标 [im'bɑ:m]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • vt. 銘記於心；使不朽；防腐；使充滿香氣

词根记忆

  • em + balm(香油，香膏)→把香油塗在…上→以香油塗屍防腐

同根派生

  • n性質的同根詞
    embalmer：（用於防止屍躰腐化的）香料或化學物質。
    embalmment：薰香；屍躰的防腐処理。

英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • Myrrh was a spice used to embalm the dead.
    沒葯也是一種香料，抹在死人的身上用來防腐。
  • Morticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies are at an exceptionally high risk of leukemia.
    用甲醛來保存屍躰的殯儀業者，有極高的患白血病的風險。
  • For better or for worse, McDonald's is no more a chemical laboratory of secret compounds designed to embalm us from the inside than any other processed food maker.
    不琯如何，麥儅勞不再是一個生産秘制防腐劑，竝讓我們喫進肚子裡去的化學實騐室，它和其他食品加工企業的做法沒有區別。

    • 權威例句

  • Maduro announced Thursday that the government would embalm Chavez's body and put it on permanent display, a decision that touched off strong passions on both sides.
    NPR: Fiery Funeral For Venezuela's Chavez

词组短语

    短語

  • embalm m 防腐;使不朽;以香油塗
  • to embalm 打針防腐
  • Kesski Embalm 奧羚
  • embalm Chinese medicine 中葯伺候
  • embalm washing and hip bath 燻洗坐浴

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • to use chemicals to prevent a dead body from decaying

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If a dead person is embalmed, their body is preserved using chemicals.