Word · Frequency #19570
Fully loadedautopsy
尸检；验尸；尸体解剖
autopsy
- 1.
A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.
对尸体进行解剖以确定死因。
- 2.
an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease
对尸体进行检查和解剖以确定死亡原因或疾病引起的变化
- 3.
An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure.
事后检查,尤指对失败原因的检查。
对尸体进行解剖以确定死因。；对尸体进行检查和解剖以确定死亡原因或疾病引起的变化；事后检查,尤指对失败原因的检查。；验尸；[医] 尸体解剖；尸体剖检
In use
The police requested an autopsy to find out how the man had died.
The autopsy showed no signs of injury on the body.
The family agreed to let the doctors perform an autopsy.
perform an autopsy on sb/sth
常用动词搭配为 perform/carry out，后接 on 引出解剖对象。
The pathologist performed an autopsy on the victim to determine the cause of death.
病理学家对受害者进行了尸检，以确定死因。
an autopsy shows/reveals that ...
接 that 从句说明尸检结果，reveal 较正式。
The autopsy revealed that the cause of death was a heart attack.
尸检显示，死因是心脏病发作。
the autopsy on sb/sth
作名词时用 on 引出解剖对象，可作主语或宾语。
Connections
Collocations
- perform an autopsy
- 进行尸检；施行尸体解剖
- Police asked the pathologist to perform an autopsy on the victim.警方要求病理学家对受害者进行尸检。
- order an autopsy
- 下令进行尸检
- The coroner ordered an autopsy because the death was sudden and unexplained.由于死亡突然且原因不明，验尸官下令进行尸检。
- autopsy report
- 尸检报告
- The autopsy report listed the exact cause of death.尸检报告列出了确切死因。
- autopsy results
- 尸检结果
- The family waited anxiously for the autopsy results.家属焦急地等待尸检结果。
- forensic autopsy
- 法医尸检
- The forensic autopsy showed no signs of poisoning.法医尸检未显示中毒迹象。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：发音像“aw, top see”——啊，掀开表面看看尸体，即验尸。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：forensic pathology、coroner's office、court testimony 该词通常用于正式或专业语境，多出现在法医学、医学和法律相关的报道、报告或讨论中；日常口语中较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 autopsy 真正押韵的词有 biopsy 和 necropsy，它们都以 -opsy 结尾，读作 /ˌɑpsi/。注意以 auto- 开头的词（如 autopilot、autobiography）中 auto 读作 /ˌɔtoʊ/ 或 /ˌɔtə/，与 autopsy 开头的 /ˈɔ/ 不同，因此不构成押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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