disinter
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++dis·in·ter /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜː $ -ˈtɜːr/ verb (disinterred, disinterring) [transitive] formal 1. to dig and remove a dead body from a grave 把〔尸体〕从坟墓中掘出 OPP inter2 to find or use something that has been lost or not used for a long time 发现〔已丢失的东西〕;使用〔很久未使用的东西〕 She disinterred two frozen TV dinners from the freezer. 她从冰柜里找出两份放了很久的冷冻电视便餐。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
disinter• The bodies are disinterred, and a colourful gala is held.• It took two additional tractors to disinter the float and permit Hirt and Channing to go on with the show.• A few yards further on they disinterred Wilkinson.dis·in·ter verbChineseSyllable
dig grave remove from and body Corpus a dead a to
disinter
dis‧in‧ter /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜː $ -ˈtɜːr/
verb (past tense and past participle disinterred, present participle disinterring) [transitive] formal
1. to dig and remove a dead body from a grave
OPP inter
2. to find or use something that has been lost or not used for a long time:
She disinterred two frozen TV dinners from the freezer.
dis‧in‧ter /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜː $ -ˈtɜːr/
verb (past tense and past participle disinterred, present participle disinterring) [transitive] formal1. to dig and remove a dead body from a grave
OPP inter
2. to find or use something that has been lost or not used for a long time: