Word · Frequency #20917
morgue
停尸房；太平间；陈尸所
核心释义
A building or room where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation, especially for legal or law-enforcement purposes.
- 1.
A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
- 2.
存放尸体以待埋葬或火化的建筑或房间
a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
存放尸体以待埋葬或火化的建筑或房间；陈尸所；[医] 停尸室
用法In use
The police sent the unidentified body to the city morgue.
用法提示：morgue作为名词，指存放遗体的场所
The medical examiner performed an autopsy in the morgue to determine the cause of death.
用法提示：morgue作为名词，表示进行尸检的地点
The old building was converted into a small morgue for temporary storage of bodies.
用法提示：morgue作为名词，指经过改造的停尸设施
at the morgue
The body is kept at the morgue.
尸体被保存在停尸房里。
send sb to the morgue
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- city morgue
- 市立太平间
- The unidentified body is being kept at the city morgue.那具身份不明的尸体正存放在市立太平间。
- hospital morgue
- 医院太平间
- The patient was declared dead and moved to the hospital morgue.患者被宣告死亡，并被转移到医院太平间。
- morgue attendant
- 停尸房管理员
- The morgue attendant carefully recorded each body's entry.停尸房管理员仔细记录了每具尸体的入库信息。
- morgue drawer
- 停尸柜抽屉
- The body was placed in a steel morgue drawer.尸体被放入钢制停尸柜抽屉中。
- morgue refrigerator
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：太平间门口写着morgue，读作‘莫格’——莫要惊扰，遗体在此安息。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：法律与警方调查、新闻报道、医院或验尸机构 该词为中性常用词，在法律、新闻和日常语境中均可使用；在正式法律文本中也不突兀，通常指存放待检验或待安葬尸体的地方。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
morgue 中的 -org- 读作 /ɔrɡ/；organ、corgi 含同样的 /ɔrɡ/ 音。别把 -orgue 拼写误当成 -ogue：rogue、vogue 读 /oʊɡ/，fatigue 的 -gue 读 /tiːɡ/，tongue 读 /tʌŋ/。
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