| 释义 |
mummymum‧my /ˈmʌmi/ ●●● S1 noun (plural mummies) [countable]   mummyOrigin: 1600-1700 Old French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic mumiyah, from Persian mum ‘wax’ - Alan has little experience of family life and is inquisitive about what it means to have a mummy and daddy.
- Great bolts of cloth are tucked away on ledges behind him, where they look just as snug as mummies.
- It was only that she couldn't stay in the house while mummy was being so horrible.
- She wanted to scream until mummy heard her and went in to find out what was wrong.
- The room was full of mummies!
- This analysis is very important since the bodies of the incorruptibles have been erroneously classified by many as natural mummies.
- We will see how the mummies occupied the midpoint of the most important overland trade route in Eurasian history.
► mother a female parent: · My mother and father are both teachers. ► mum British English informal, mom American English informal used when talking to your father, or about someone’s father: · My mum and dad won’t mind if you want to stay the night.· Mom, where’s my sweater? ► mummy British English, mommy American English a name for mother, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children: · Where’s Mummy, Abbie? ► ma American English old-fashioned used when talking to your mother, or about someone’s mother: · Ma stirred the soup on the stove. ► mama old-fashioned used when talking to your mother, or about someone’s mother: · Mama seldom disagreed with Papa. ► stepmother (also stepmum British English informal, stepmom American English informal) a woman who is married to your father, who is not your mother but often acts as your parent: · the wicked stepmother in fairy stories ► Deathasphyxia, nounautopsy, nounbarrow, nounbequeath, verbbereaved, adjectivebereavement, nounbier, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounburial, nounbury, verbcasket, nouncatacomb, nouncatafalque, nouncemetery, nouncenotaph, nouncharnel house, nounchurchyard, nouncoffin, nouncommittal, nouncondolence, nouncoroner, nouncorpse, nouncortege, nouncot death, nouncremate, verbcrematorium, nouncrib death, nouncrucifixion, nouncrucify, verbcrypt, noundeath mask, noundemise, noundeparted, adjectiveD.O.A., adjectivedrown, verbembalm, verbend, nounepitaph, nouneulogy, nounexhume, verbexpire, verbfatality, nounfuneral, nounfunerary, adjectivefunereal, adjectivegrave, noungravedigger, noungravestone, noungraveyard, nounheadstone, nounhearse, nounhospice, nouninter, verbinterment, nounmausoleum, nounmorgue, nounmortality, nounmortician, nounmortuary, nounmortuary, adjectivemourner, nounmourning, nounmummify, verbmummy, nounnecrophilia, nounobsequies, nounpall, nounpallbearer, nounpassing, nounperish, verbplot, nounprobate, nounprobate, verbpyre, nounquietus, nounremains, nounrest, verbrigor mortis, nounRIP, rise, verbsarcophagus, nounsepulchre, nounshroud, nounthrenody, nountoll, nountomb, nountombstone, nountumulus, nounundertaker, nounundertaking, nounurn, nounvault, nounwake, nounwar memorial, nounwill, nounwinding sheet, nounwreath, noun VERB► find· She wanted to find mummy before mummy went in there, wanted to scream at her not to go in.· But what about the lands in which we find the mummies themselves? 1British English mother – used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children SYN mommy American English:  Mummy, can I play outside?2a dead body that has been preserved by wrapping it in cloth, especially in ancient Egypt → mummify |