exhume

1. V-T If a dead person's body is exhumed, it is taken out of the ground where it is buried, especially so that it can be examined in order to find out how the person died. 挖掘(尸体以供检验)[正式] [usu passive]

His remains have been exhumed from a cemetery in Queens. 他的遗体已被从昆士郡的一个墓地里挖了出来。

2. exhumationN-VAR

Detectives ordered the exhumation when his wife said she believed he had been killed. 当他的妻子说认为他已被杀时，侦探们要求挖掘尸体。