mortician
mortician — 名詞
- morticiansingular
- morticiansplural
1. a funeral professional who gets a dead person's body ready for burial or for cre
禮儀師
處理遺體並協助安排喪禮的人
a funeral professional who gets a dead person's body ready for burial or for cremation, and who helps the family organize the funeral
After Nora's uncle died, the mortician prepared him for the viewing.
Nora 的叔叔過世後，禮儀師替他整理遺體，好讓家人瞻仰。
prepare the body for a viewing
At the funeral home, Vikram asked the mortician about cremation papers.
在殯儀館裡，Vikram 向禮儀師詢問火化需要的文件。
ask the mortician about cremation paperwork
Mayumi works as a mortician and comforts families after sudden deaths.
Mayumi 是一名禮儀師，會在親人驟逝後安撫家屬。
Before the burial, the mortician straightened Christopher's father's suit.
下葬前，禮儀師把 Christopher 父親的西裝整理平整。
Kian is training to become a mortician in a funeral services program.
Kian 正在殯葬服務課程受訓，想成為一名禮儀師。
- funeral director
broader professional title, especially for organizing the service and handling family arrangements
- undertaker
older everyday term, especially familiar in British English
- embalmer
narrower term for someone who specifically preserves and prepares the body
文法句型
work as a mortician
become a mortician
mortician at + funeral home
用法筆記
Mainly American English. Funeral director often stresses the business and ceremony side, while mortician more strongly suggests professional care of the body; British English often uses undertaker.