“embalmer”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

embalmer

释义

embalmer|ɛmˈbɑːmə(r)|
Also 6–7 im-.
[f. embalm v. + -er.]
He who or that which embalms.
1. One whose occupation it is to embalm dead bodies.
1587Golding De Mornay viii. 95 Imbalmers..of deade bodies.1626Bacon Sylva § 771 The Romans..were not so good Embalmers as the Egyptians.1700Bickerst. detected in Swift's Wks. (1755) II. i. 165 Undertakers, imbalmers, etc.1744The Travels of the late Charles Thompson III. 289 The Embalmers having done their part, the body was delivered to the relations.1775Sheridan Duenna i. iii, As..embalmers serve mummies.1861All Y. Round V. 14 The embalmer's work from all decay Had kept his royal person.1877A. B. Edwards Up Nile xxii. 690 A straggling suburb inhabited by the embalmers.
2. fig. That which sweetly preserves from decay.
1838Emerson Wks. (Bohn) II. 192 The religious sentiment is a mountain air. It is the embalmer of the world.

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