exhume

• 动词，指从地里挖出或取出某物，尤指挖出尸体；也泛指发掘、挖掘出被埋藏的东西。

A verb meaning to dig out or remove something, especially a dead body, from the ground; to unearth.

1. Dig up a bodyC1formal

   To remove a dead body from the ground, especially for investigation or reburial.

   挖掘尸体

   • The police obtained a court order to exhume the remains.
   • Archaeologists exhumed the ancient burial site carefully.
   • The family decided to exhume the body for a second autopsy.

   同义词dig updisinterunearth

   反义词buryentombinhumeinter

2. Bring to lightC2formal

   To uncover or reveal something that was hidden or forgotten.

   揭露

   • The journalist exhumed old documents that proved the scandal.
   • The historian exhumed long-lost letters from the archive.
   • The investigation exhumed evidence that had been buried for decades.

   同义词dig updisinterresurrectrevealuncoverunearth

   反义词buryconcealhidesuppress