mummify
英 ['mʌmɪfaɪ]
美['mʌmɪ'fai]
- vt. 将…做成木乃伊；使干瘪；弄干保存
- vi. 成木乃伊状；干瘪
英英释意
- 1. preserve while making lifeless;
- "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"
- 2. remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it;
- "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaos"
- 3. dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture;
- "a mummified body was found"