[with obj.]dig out (something buried, especially a corpse) from the ground 掘出;挖掘(埋着的东西,尤指尸体) ■(一般作 be exhumed)(Geology)expose (a land surface) that was formerly buried (地质)使(地面)暴露出来
派生 exhumation noun 语源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin exhumare, from ex- 'out of' + humus 'ground'