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    rigor mortis

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Human, Death
    rig·or mor·tis /ˌrɪɡə ˈmɔːtəs, ˌraɪɡɔː- $ ˌrɪɡər ˈmɔːr-/ noun [uncountable]  HBHMXthe condition in which someone’s body becomes stiff after they die 尸僵，死后强直
    Examples from the Corpus
    rigor mortis• What was all this about rigor mortis?• It did not have a trace of rigor mortis, and was as warm as my own body.    Origin rigor mortis (1800-1900) Modern Latin “stiffness of death”
    rig·or mor·tis nounChineseSyllable
    they die in the body Corpus someone’s which becomes stiff after condition


    rigor mortis
    rig‧or mor‧tis /ˌrɪɡə ˈmɔːtəs, ˌraɪɡɔː- $ ˌrɪɡər ˈmɔːr-/ noun [uncountable]
     Date: 1800-1900
     Language: Modern Latin
     Origin: 'stiffness of death'
    the condition in which someone’s body becomes stiff after they die


    rigor mor·tisBrE /ˌrɪɡə ˈmɔːtɪs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌrɪɡər ˈmɔːrtɪs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the process by which the body becomes stiff after death 尸僵；死后强直