mortuary

名词 mortuary:

1. a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
   同义词：morgue, dead room

形容词 mortuary:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of death
2. of or relating to a funeral

mor.tu.ar.y

n.（名词）
【复数】 mor.tu.ar.ies
A place, especially a funeral home, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation.
太平间：一种在埋葬或火化之前存放尸体场所，尤指殡尸房

来源：
Middle English mortuarie [gift to a parish priest from the estate of the deceased, funeral service]
中古英语 mortuarie [从已病牧师的地产中取得的给予教区牧师的礼物，墓地]
from Anglo-Norman
源自 英法语
from Latin mortu3rium [receptacle for dead things] [neuter of] mortu3rius [of the dead]
源自 拉丁语 mortu3rium [盛放死物的容器] [] mortu3rius的中性 [死人的]
from mortuus [dead] [past participle of] moro [to die] * see mer-
源自 mortuus [死的] [] moro的过去分词 [死] *参见 mer-