流逝汉英词典

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. 铭记于心；使不朽；防腐；使充满香气

词根记忆

  • em + balm(香油，香膏)→把香油涂在…上→以香油涂尸防腐

同根派生

  • n性质的同根词
    embalmer：（用于防止尸体腐化的）香料或化学物质。
    embalmment：薰香；尸体的防腐处理。

英汉例句

    双语例句

  • Myrrh was a spice used to embalm the dead.
    没药也是一种香料，抹在死人的身上用来防腐。
  • Morticians who use formaldehyde to embalm bodies are at an exceptionally high risk of leukemia.
    用甲醛来保存尸体的殡仪业者，有极高的患白血病的风险。
  • 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.
    不管如何，麦当劳不再是一个生产秘制防腐剂，并让我们吃进肚子里去的化学实验室，它和其他食品加工企业的做法没有区别。

    • 权威例句

  • 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

    短语

  • embalm m 防腐;使不朽;以香油涂
  • to embalm 打针防腐
  • Kesski Embalm 奥羚
  • embalm Chinese medicine 中药伺候
  • embalm washing and hip bath 熏洗坐浴

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • 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.