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disinter

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 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
disinterThe 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
disinter /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·terBrE /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜː(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːr/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they disinter BrE /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜː(r)/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːr/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it disinters BrE /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːrz/ 🔊past simple disinterred BrE /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːrd/ 🔊past participle disinterred BrE /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːrd/ 🔊 -ing form disinterring BrE /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːrɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌdɪsɪnˈtɜːrɪŋ/ 🔊 (formal) ~ sth to dig up sth, especially a dead body, from the ground 从地下掘出(尤指尸体) OPP inter ~ sth (from sth) to find sth that has been hidden or lost for a long time 发现(隐藏或丢失很久的东西);使显现