English Dictionary

morgue

IPA（発音記号）

/mɔːɡ/

名詞

古語

(archaic) A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance. / A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.

日本語の意味

(古語) 横柄な態度；傲慢さ / 遺体安置所（死体を適切な埋葬や火葬が行われるまで、一時的に保管する施設）

He wore his morgue like a cloak, looking down on everyone at the table.

彼は周りの人々を見下すような高慢な態度を、まるでマントのようにまとっていた。

意味（1）

(archaic) A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.

They being newcomers, free from the western morgue so soon caught by Oriental Europeans, were particularly civil to me, even wishing to mix me a strong draught; but I was not so fortunate with all on board.

意味（2）

A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.

意味（3）

(archaic) The archive and background information division of a newspaper.

Kwapil, Joseph F. (2 July 1921) Librarian Talks of Newspaper Morgue, Fourth Estate page 5.

morgues （ plural ）