| 单词 | mummification |
| 释义 | mummification (once / 77759 pages) n Mummification is an old-fashioned method of preparing a dead body so that it doesn't decay. Mummification was commonly used in ancient Egypt, not so much these days. Although the earliest examples of mummification were accidental, with bodies being preserved because of very dry, desert conditions, it soon became religiously important in ancient Egypt and was done deliberately. Ancient Egyptians believed that a happy afterlife depended in part on careful mummification. The word mummification is formed with the suffix -fication, "a making or causing," and mummy, from the Arabic mumiyah, "embalmed body," from the Persian root mum, "wax." WORD FAMILYmummify: mummification, mummified, mummifies, mummifying+/mummy: mummies, mummify USAGE EXAMPLESThe process, called mummification, is meant to protect the work of art from rust and decay. The Verge(Oct 11, 2016) Joann Fletcher, the author of “The Story of Egypt,” has an unusual academic specialty: “world mummification and funerary archaeology.” Washington Post(Sep 21, 2016) These are used to create a series of figurative sculptures that conjure notions of preservation and mummification. Los Angeles Times(Sep 16, 2016) 1n embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy Hyper embalmment preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals 2n a condition resembling that of a mummy bureaucratic mummification in red tape Hyper condition, status a state at a particular time 3n (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color Syn|Hyper cold gangrene, dry gangrene, mumification necrosis gangrene, slough, sphacelus necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass |
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