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单词 mummify
释义 mum·mi·fy
\ˈməməˌfī\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-es)
Etymology: mummy (I) + -fy
transitive verb
1. : to embalm and dry (as the body of an animal)
 < cats and other sacred animals of Egypt were mummified like kings — Emma Hawkridge >
2.
 a. : to make into or like a mummy
  < dead love affairs, mummified and bound in a book — C.W.Cunnington >
  < Arab women … bundled up and mummified, white shadows scurrying — Vincent Sheean >
  < mummified customs that have long outlasted their usefulness — W.R.Inge >
 b. : to cause to dry up and shrivel
  < brown rot not only causes decay of fruits but mummifies many of them — Raymond Bush >
3. : to wrap (a body) in sheets to restrain movement
intransitive verb
: to dry up and shrivel like a mummy
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