autopsy
🇬🇧/ˈɔːtɒpsi/ 🇺🇸/ˈɔːtɑːpsi/📚 7919 1托福An autopsy is an examination of a dead body by a doctor who cuts it open in order to try to discover the cause of death. 验尸
noun [专属名词]验尸，尸体剖检
Macklin had the grim task of carrying out an autopsy on his friend.
麦克林的可怕差事是为他的朋友验尸。
verb [vt. 及物动词]对（尸体，器官）进行剖检
An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby's death to sudden infant death syndrome.
一次尸检最终把这名婴儿的死亡归因于婴儿猝死综合症。
auto (自己) + psy (看作spy) → 自己当间谍查明死因 → 尸体解剖； 验尸
单词造句:
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- Researchers believe their lungs were seared by the toxic fumes, but orca carcasses usually sink, so no autopsy was possible. 研究者们认为它们是因毒烟雾灼伤肺部，但虎鲸尸体通常沉入海底，因而没办法进行尸体解剖。