morgue

morgue
[mɔːg]
noun
  1. a mortuary
    停尸室
    ■used in similes to refer to a place that is quiet, gloomy, or cold
    [用于明喻]阴森森的地方
    she put us in that draughty morgue of a sitting room.
    她把我们放在阴森森又透风的会客室里。
  2. (informal)a newspaper's collection of miscellaneous information for use in future obituaries
    (非正式)(报社的)撰写讣告用的资料档案
语源
  1. early 19th cent.: from French, originally the name of a building in Paris where bodies were kept until identified
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