a building in which dead bodies are kept before they are buried or cremated (= burned) 停尸房；太平间 They found his body lying in the city morgue. 他们发现他的尸体躺在市太平间。 This place is like a morgue! 这地方死气沉沉的
a place where dead bodies that have been found are kept until they can be identified （供辨认尸首的）陈尸所
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, originally the name of a building in Paris where bodies were kept until identified.