mummy
n. 木乃伊, 瘦而干瘪之人, 妈咪 [医] 干尸, 木乃伊; 普鲁士红
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An embalmed human or non-human animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians and some Native American tribes.
可数 不可数1832, Royal Society (Great Britain), Abstracts of The Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, From 1800 to 1830 inclusive, Volume 1: 1800-1814, page 201, […] Mr. Pearson proceeds to give a particular description of the very perfect mummy of an Ibis, which forms the chief subject of the present paper.
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A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a stock character in horror films.
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Any naturally preserved human or non-human animal body.
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Any naturally preserved human or non-human animal body. (countable, uncountable, now rare) A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.
A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.
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A pulp.
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A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.
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A sort of wax used in grafting.
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mother.
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印度 英国2004, Dennis Child, Psychology and the Teacher, Continuum International Publishing, page 91, ‘ […] We have to ask mummy if we can go to Rajah′s mummy′s house (Rajah′s mummy is the owner of the dog). We can if mummy says “yes”. […] ’
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To mummify.
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From Middle English mummie, from Anglo-Norman mumie, from Middle French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”). Doublet of mumijo.
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