Word
morticians
殡葬师；殡仪业者
morticians is the plural of mortician.
a person whose business is managing funerals
- 1.
n. one whose business is the management of funerals
殡仪业者；[医] 殡仪业者
殡仪业者；[医] 殡仪业者
In use
The mortician prepared the body for the funeral.
My cousin works as a mortician in a small town.
The mortician spoke softly with the grieving family.
become a mortician
mortician 是可数名词，指管理殡葬事务的人。become a + 职业名词 表示“成为……”，常搭配 apprenticeship、training 等表示入行途径。
After completing his apprenticeship, he became a mortician.
完成学徒期后，他成了一名殡葬师。
work as a mortician
work as + 职业名词 表示“从事……工作”，后面常接地点或机构。
She works as a mortician at a local funeral home.
她在当地一家殡仪馆做殡葬师。
Common mistakes
She is mortician.She is a mortician.
在英语中，可数名词单数作表语时，通常需要加不定冠词 a/an。汉语没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉。mortician 是可数名词单数，应说 a mortician 表示“一名殡仪业者”。
There are three mortician at the funeral.There are three morticians at the funeral.
mortician 是可数名词，复数形式为 morticians。汉语名词没有复数词尾变化，但英语中表示多个时需加 -s，因此要用 morticians。
The corpse is kept in the mortician.The corpse is kept in the mortuary.
mortician 指“殡仪业者”（人），不能用作表示地点。表示“存放遗体的地方”应使用 mortuary（太平间、停尸房）。
Connections
Collocations
- licensed mortician
- 持证殡葬师
- She is a licensed mortician with ten years of experience.她是一位有十年经验的持证殡葬师。
- local mortician
- 当地殡葬师
- The local mortician helped the family arrange the funeral.当地殡葬师帮助家人安排葬礼。
- mortician's assistant
- 殡葬师助理
- The mortician's assistant prepared the body for viewing.殡葬师助理为瞻仰做好准备。
- consult a mortician
- 咨询殡葬师
- You should consult a mortician about burial options.你应该咨询殡葬师有关土葬的选择。
- experienced mortician
- 经验丰富的殡葬师
- An experienced mortician handles funeral arrangements with care.经验丰富的殡葬师谨慎地处理葬礼安排。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
mortal（凡人，暗含死亡）加表职业的 -ician（如 physician），联想“照管 mortal 的从业者”就是殡葬师。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：职业介绍、正式书面描述、葬礼相关行业说明 该词多用于职业或正式语境，日常口语中较少使用，比较常见于殡葬行业相关的介绍或正式书面描述。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -ician 结尾，词尾都读 /ʃən/，与 mortician 的尾韵相同。politician 和 optician 的重音都在 -cian 前，拼写和重音位置与 mortician 最接近。musician、physician、magician、electrician 也押同样的尾韵，但拼写中的 c 不读 /k/，而是与前面字母组合成 /ʃ/；electrician 比 mortician 多一个 /tr/。注意 -cian 与 -tion 都常读 /ʃən/，但重音位置和拼写不同，不要混淆。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.