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mummified
木乃伊化的
Mum·mi·fied a. Converted into a mummy or a mummylike substance; having the appearance of a mummy; withered.
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Mum·mi·fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mummified p. pr. & vb. n. Mummifying ] To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.
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mummify
v 1: preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and
institutions should be gotten rid of"
2: remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to
preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaos"
3: dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a
mummified body was found" [syn: dry up]
[also: mummified]