morgue
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/mɔːrɡ/
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/mɔːɡ/
A place where dead bodies are stored before they are buried or cremated.
The police took the unidentified body to the morgue for further examination.
警察将未确认身份的尸体带到太平间进行进一步检查。
A place where dead bodies that have been found are kept until they can be identified.
The body was moved to the morgue, where it would be held until someone came to claim it.
尸体被移至太平间,直到有人来认领为止。