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autopsy

英 ['ɔːtɒpsɪ; ɔː'tɒpsɪ] 美 ['ɔtɑpsi]

解释

n. 验尸；[病理][特医] 尸体解剖；[病理][特医] 尸体剖检

※ 提供单词"autopsy"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

autopsy 验尸

前缀auto-, 自己的,亲自的。词根op, 看，见optical. 指亲自查看。

英文词源

autopsy (n.): 1650s, "an eye-witnessing," from Modern Latin autopsia, from Greek autopsia "a seeing with one's own eyes," from autos- "self" (see auto-) + opsis "a sight" (see eye (n.)). Sense of "dissection of a body to determine cause of death" is first recorded 1670s, probably from the same sense in French autopsie (1570s).

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例句和用法

1. An autopsy was being done to establish the cause of death.: 正在进行尸检以确定死亡原因。

2. The autopsy report gave the cause of death as poisoning.: 验尸报告上显示死因为中毒。

3. to perform an autopsy: 进行尸体剖验

4. They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.: 他们正在给受害者验尸.

5. An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby's death to sudden infant death syndrome.: 尸检最终认定孩子死于婴儿猝死综合征。