单词 | the morgue |
释义 | > as lemmasthe Morgue a. Originally (usually as the Morgue): a building in Paris in which the bodies of people found dead were kept until identified (now historical). Subsequently (originally U.S.): any building or room (as in a hospital) used for the hygienic storage of corpses prior to examination or disposal; a mortuary. Also figurative.The Paris Morgue was situated at the eastern end of the Ile de la Cité. It replaced the old Basse-Geôle, part of the Grand Châtelet (demolished in 1801), which overlooked the Pont au Change. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > mortuary > mortuary for identification the Morgue1795 1795 Impartial Hist. Fr. Revol. I. 92 They went with them to the Palais Royal, and afterwards carried them to the Morgue. 1821 Sporting Mag. 8 69 ‘The Morgue’ where those who die by accident or self-murder are carried—a small building in Paris. 1833 Edinb. Rev. July 348 The keeper of the dead-house or Morgue of Drontheim. 1836 G. W. Haven tr. H. Heine Lett. Hist. Mod. Polite Lit. in Germany 27 Literary history! It is a vast morgue [Ger. Morgue], where each seeks out the friend whom he most loved. 1850 H. C. Lewis Odd Leaves Life Louisiana Swamp Doctor 134 The morgue in this institution [sc. a hospital], was directly under the lecture room. 1887 Catholic World Nov. 176 Nuns of the same rule..bound themselves by a special vow, besides attending to the burial of unclaimed corpses at the Morgue. 1909 E. V. Lucas Wanderer in Paris iv. 54 A small official-looking building at the extreme east end of the Ile de la Cité..is the Morgue..now closed to idle gazers. 1946 Sci. Digest Aug. 28/2 Grim statistics from the morgue prove that the great majority of those who are overweight die long before the average. 1978 R. Cobb Death in Paris ii. v. 92 The new Morgue had itself become a favourite excursion for a Sunday walk,..at least among middle-class families. 1987 E. Leonard Bandits iv. 46 The girl..would be on the top floor of the infirmary... That's where the morgue was. < as lemmas |
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