mummify

verb

1. 把（尸体）制成木乃伊
   to preserve a dead body by treating it with special oils and wrapping it in cloth

1. VERB 在(尸体)上涂敷香料再裹布保存;将(尸体)制成木乃伊
   If a dead body is mummified, it is preserved, for example by rubbing it with special oils and wrapping it in cloth.
   1. In America, people are paying up to $150,000 to be mummified after death.
      在美国，死后将尸体制成木乃伊的费用高达15万美元。
   2. ...the mummified pharaoh.
      法老木乃伊

1. He wasn't in the box long enough to mummify.
   他不是因长时间在箱子里而干瘪的。

verb

1. dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture
   1. a mummified body was found

   Synonym:    dry up

2. remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it
   1. Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs

3. preserve while making lifeless
   1. mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of