| 单词 | posthumous |
| 释义 | posthumous —posthumously, adv. —posthumousness, n. /pos"cheuh meuhs, -choo-/, adj. 1. arising, occurring, or continuing after one's death: a posthumous award for bravery. 2. published after the death of the author: a posthumous novel. 3. born after the death of the father. [1600-10; < L postumus last-born, born after the death of the father (in form a superl. of posterus; see POSTERIOR); post-classical sp. with h by assoc. with humus ground, earth, as if referring to burial] |
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