morgue
A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation,…A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
» That white building is a morgue.
Das weiße Gebäude dort ist eine Leichenhalle.
Это белое здание - морг.
То белое здание - морг.
Значення
значень: 3A building or room where dead bodies are kept before their proper burial or cremation, (now) particularly in legal and law enforcement contexts.
Leichenhaus, Leichenschauhaus, Leichenhalle
моргmorg, поко́йницкаяpokójnickaja, мертве́цкаяmertvéckaja
моргmorh, покі́йницькаpokíjnycʹka, мертве́цькаmertvécʹka
a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
(застаріле, сленг)The archive and background information division of a newspaper.
(архаїчне)A supercilious or haughty attitude; arrogance.
Приклади
речень: 26That white building is a morgue.
ruЭто белое здание - морг. — timsa
deDas weiße Gebäude dort ist eine Leichenhalle. — samueldora
They've asked me to go down to the morgue and identify the body.
Tom is in the morgue.
ruТом в морге. — marafon
Tom came around in the morgue.
Damiano headed back to the morgue.
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Походження
Borrowed from French morgue. The second sense developed from the first, via "a prison examBorrowed from French morgue. The second sense developed from the first, via "a prison examination room", probably with reference to the haughty attitude of the jailers.
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