v.掘出(尸体以检验)；发掘
When the police exhumed the corpse they discovered traces of poison in it. 警方掘出尸体，发现有中毒的痕迹。
He's going to ask authorization to exhume the body and have it put somewhere else. 他去请求许可将死者的尸体掘出，移到别的地方。
They exhumed for days, but did not find anything. 他们发掘了几天，但什么都没有找到。
