rigor mortis

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Temporary stiffness of the body's muscles and joints following death. uncountable,usually
    — Such are the principal phenomena observed during that form of contraction which I conceive to be analogous to the rigor mortis...
动词 v.
  1. To stiffen the muscles and joints with, or as if with, rigor mortis.
    — As Olive was in the kitchen making some tea I asked what kind of louse the host was. “The kind you like to see laying out on a mortuary slab rigor mortising before the introduction.”

词形变化

rigor mortises plural rigour mortis alternative,misspelling rigor mortises present,singular,third-person rigor mortising participle,present rigor mortised participle,past rigor mortised past rigour mortis alternative,misspelling

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from New Latin rigor mortis (literally “stiffness of death”). First attested in 1842.
词源 2
Learned borrowing from New Latin rigor mortis (literally “stiffness of death”). First attested in 1842.
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