1650s, "an eye-witnessing," from Modern Latin autopsia, from Greek autopsia "a seeing with one's own eyes," from autos- "self" (see auto-) + opsis "a sight" (see eye (n.)). Sense of "dissection of a body to determine cause of death" is first recorded 1670s, probably from the same sense in French autopsie (1570s).
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. An autopsy was being done to establish the cause of death.
正在進(jìn)行尸檢以確定死亡原因。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. The autopsy report gave the cause of death as poisoning.
驗(yàn)尸報(bào)告上顯示死因?yàn)橹卸尽?/dd>
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
3. to perform an autopsy
進(jìn)行尸體剖驗(yàn)
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. They're carrying out an autopsy on the victim.
他們正在給受害者驗(yàn)尸.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
5. An autopsy eventually ascribed the baby's death to sudden infant death syndrome.