disinter
verb (formal)Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they disinter | |
he / she / it disinters | |
past simple disinterred | |
past participle disinterred | |
-ing form disinterring |
- disinter something
to dig up something, especially a dead body, from the ground opposite inter从地下掘出(尤指尸体) - disinter something (from something)
to find something that has been hidden or lost for a long time 发现(隐藏或丢失很久的东西);使显现
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from French désenterrer, from dis- (expressing reversal) + enterrer ‘to inter’.