English Dictionary

exhume

IPA（発音記号）

/ɛks.ˈ(h)juːm/

動詞

他動詞 比喩的用法

(transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter. / (transitive, figuratively) To uncover; to bring to light.

日本語の意味

（他動詞）墓や埋葬場所から遺体や埋葬物を掘り出す。 / （他動詞、比喩的に）隠されていた事実や情報を明らかにする、掘り起こす。

After the ancient temple collapsed, archaeologists decided to exhume the buried relics for further study.

古代の寺院が崩壊した後、考古学者たちはさらなる研究のために埋められていた遺物を掘り出すことにした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To dig out of the ground; to take out of a place of burial; to disinter.

Not so long ago a Scotsman is reported to have exhumed the body of his daughter and burnt her heart, as he thought she was devitalising her remaining brother and sister and making them ill.

意味（2）

(transitive, figuratively) To uncover; to bring to light.

Memorial was permeated by a sense of mission, a moral imperative to exhume the truth and display it to the eyes of its compatriots, whatever feelings of shame, outrage, denial, or shock might ensue.

exhumes （ present singular third-person ）

exhuming （ participle present ）

exhumed （ participle past ）

exhumed （ past ）