| 单词 | mortician |
| 释义 | mortician U.S.|mɔːˈtɪʃən|
[f. L. mors, mort- death (cf. mort n.1) + -ician.]
An undertaker; one who arranges funerals.
1895Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 14 Aug. (Advt.), We, Mank & Webb, are the only Morticians in the city who do not belong to the Funeral Director's Protective Association. 1915Literary Digest 16 Jan. 130/3 The word ‘mortician’ is a recent innovation due to a need felt by undertakers for a word more in keeping with, and descriptive of, their calling. 1927Glasgow Herald 1 Oct. 10/7 As the jury troop out of their boxes every tread of their heels will mean another call for the mortician. 1930Punch 18 June 696 He passed me on to a mortician... His prices..were huge, but then he was mortician to all the best movie-stars' husbands. 1948Christian Cent. 4 Feb. 146/1 Give the morticians credit—their cosmetic arts are highly skilled. 1951M. McLuhan Mech. Bride (1967) 14/2 This sentiment also fits glovelike over the mortician chapel. Ibid. 43/2 It is therefore ironic that the present Life feature..should have so mortician-like an air. Ibid. 62/1 Our refusal to face death at all in the mortician parlor. 1953‘M. Innes’ Christmas at Candleshoe i. 10 He is a bald pale person from Buffalo, where he carries on the profession of mortician. 1958Oxf. Mag. 30 Oct. 49/2 Well—hush!—there it is, a thing of beauty in a mortician's parlour; embalmed but—see there!—quite conscious. 1972Lebende Sprachen XVII. 34/1 US mortician..undertaker. |
英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。
相关内容11：
相关热词搜索：mortician英英词典英英释义英语词汇意思用法释义英语
字词 酸式氟化铝 释义 【化】 aluminium bifluoride; aluminum bifluoride 汉译英翻译词典收录......
字词 酸式氢 释义 【化】 acid hydrogen 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基本涵盖了......
字词 酸式柠檬酸镁 释义 【化】 acid magnesium citrate; citresia; dibasic magnesium citrate ......
单词 mortiechein 释义 mortiecheinvariant of mortechien.{var l=document.getElementsByTagNam......
单词 morticing 释义 mortising, morticing, vbl. n.|mts|[f. mortise v.1 + -ing1.]The action ......
字词 酸式戊二酸盐 释义 【机】 acid glutarate 汉译英翻译词典收录405719条汉英翻译词条，基......