exhume
exhume 英 [eksˈhju:m] 美 [ɪgˈzum]
vt. 发掘；掘出
进行时:exhuming 过去式:exhumed 过去分词:exhumed 第三人称单数:exhumes
- When you see your mysterious neighbor digging around in his backyard, you may wonder if he’s trying to exhume something. Chances are he’s only digging up potatoes — when you exhume something, it means you’re digging up a corpse.
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- vt. 发掘；掘出
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1. Twice the negotiations failed. But in 2008, Russia finally gave Hungary the approval to exhume the grave site.
但两次谈判都失败了。到2008年，俄罗斯最终同意匈牙利到墓地掘出遗体。
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2. Mr Vinceti is a member of a group which is seeking permission to exhume da Vinci’s remains from his tomb at Amboise Castle in France’s Loire Valley.
文森特先生是获取许可在法国卢尔瓦河谷达芬奇墓中发掘遗骸的组员之一。
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3. ROME - Italian and British scientists want to exhume the body of 16th century astronomer Galileo for DNA tests to determine if his severe vision problems may have affected some of his findings.
意大利和英国的科学家计划把16世纪天文学家伽利略的尸体挖掘出来并进行DNA测试，以决定他晚年严重的视力问题是否影响了他的一些天文发现。
- exhume (v.) early 15c., from Medieval Latin exhumare "to unearth" (13c.), from Latin ex "out of" (see ex-) + humare "bury," from humus "earth" (from PIE root *dhghem- "earth"). An alternative form was exhumate (1540s), taken directly from Medieval Latin. Figurative use by 1819. Related: Exhumed; exhuming.
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