mummy
mummy 英 [ˈmʌmi] 美 [ˈmʌmi]
n. 妈妈；木乃伊
名词复数:mummies
- A mummy is either a preserved dead body or a British person’s mom, ideally not at the same time. In ancient Egypt, preserving a body as a mummy was part of a religious belief in an afterlife.
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- n. 妈妈；木乃伊
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1. It hurts, Mummy!
妈妈，疼！
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2. I want my mummy!’ he said.
他说道：“我要妈妈！”
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3. an Egyptian mummy
一具埃及木乃伊
- mummy (n.1) c. 1400, "medicine prepared from mummy tissue," from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic mumiyah "embalmed body," from Persian mumiya "asphalt," from mum "wax." Sense of "embalmed body" first recorded in English 1610s. Mummy wheat (1842) was said to be cultivated from grains found in mummy-cases.
- mummy (n.2) 1784, childish alteration of mammy. Alternative form mumsy attested by 1876.
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