名詞 mortuary:

1. a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation
   同義詞：morgue, dead room

形容詞 mortuary:

1. of or relating to or characteristic of death
2. of or relating to a funeral

mor.tu.ar.y

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 mor.tu.ar.ies
A place, especially a funeral home, where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation.
太平間：一種在埋葬或火化之前存放尸體場(chǎng)所，尤指殯尸房

來源：
Middle English mortuarie [gift to a parish priest from the estate of the deceased, funeral service]
中古英語 mortuarie [從已病牧師的地產(chǎn)中取得的給予教區(qū)牧師的禮物，墓地]
from Anglo-Norman
源自 英法語
from Latin mortu3rium [receptacle for dead things] [neuter of] mortu3rius [of the dead]
源自 拉丁語 mortu3rium [盛放死物的容器] [] mortu3rius的中性 [死人的]
from mortuus [dead] [past participle of] moro [to die] * see mer-
源自 mortuus [死的] [] moro的過去分詞 [死] *參見 mer-