Word · Frequency #15112
mortuary
停尸房；太平间；（广义）殡仪馆
核心释义
A place, room, or building where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation; broadly, a funeral home.
- 1.
停尸房；太平间；殡仪馆
A place where dead bodies are stored prior to burial or cremation; broadly, synonym of funeral home.
- 2.
停放尸体的场所,用于埋葬或火化前
a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
停尸房；太平间；殡仪馆；停放尸体的场所,用于埋葬或火化前；停尸间；太平间
用法In use
After the accident, the ambulance took the victim to the mortuary.
用法提示：mortuary 作名词，表示停放遗体的场所。
The mortuary is located in the basement of the hospital.
用法提示：mortuary 作主语，指特定地点。
Both hospitals have modern mortuaries with proper refrigeration.
用法提示：mortuaries 为复数形式，指多个太平间。
at the mortuary
He works at the mortuary.
他在太平间工作。
take sb/sth to the mortuary
They took the body to the mortuary.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- hospital mortuary
- 医院太平间
- The body was taken to the hospital mortuary.遗体被送到了医院太平间。
- city mortuary
- 市立太平间
- The police sent the unidentified body to the city mortuary.警方将身份不明的遗体送去了市立太平间。
- public mortuary
- 公共太平间
- Relatives were asked to visit the public mortuary to identify the deceased.家属被要求前往公共太平间辨认死者。
- mortuary attendant
- 太平间管理员
- The mortuary attendant carefully recorded the details.太平间管理员仔细记录了详细信息。
- mortuary refrigerator
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
MORTUARY 开头 MORT 让人想到 mortal（凡人终有一死），所以是停尸的太平间。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：hospital、funeral home、coroner's office 通常用于医院、法医机构或殡仪馆等正式场合，语气中性偏正式；非正式口语中较少用，但并非绝对。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 mortuary 拼写同以 -uary 结尾：sanctuary、statuary、estuary、obituary 的末尾都读 /tʃuˌɛri/，读音相同（obituary 主重音在前，但不影响末尾）。January 和 February 也以 -uary 结尾，但通常读 /juˌɛri/ 或 /bruˌɛri/，与 mortuary 的 /tʃuˌɛri/ 不同，注意区分。
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