exhume
英 [eks'(h)ju?m; ?g'zju?m]
美[?ɡ'zum]
- vt. 發掘；掘出
- n. (Exhume)人名；(法)埃克敘姆
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?exhumes;過去式:?exhumed;過去分詞:?exhumed;現在分詞:?exhuming;名詞:?exhumation;
中文詞源
exhume 為檢查死因掘出尸首
ex-, 向外。-hum, 土，詞源同human, humus.
英文詞源
- exhume (v.)
- early 15c., from Medieval Latin exhumare "to unearth" (13c.), from Latin ex- "out of" (see ex-) + humare "bury," from humus "earth" (see chthonic). An alternative form was exhumate (1540s), taken directly from Medieval Latin. Figurative use by 1819. Related: Exhumed; exhuming.
雙語例句
- 1. Cherish, enrich and exhume yourselves, and the world will identify with your value at last.
- 珍惜你自己, 不斷充實,發掘自己, 最后世界才會認同你的價值.
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