entomb

英 [ɪn'tuːm; en-] 美[ɪn'tum]
  • vt. 埋葬;成为…的坟墓
近义词 enshrine

英英释义


1. place in a grave or tomb;
"Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"
"The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids"
"My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"

实用场景例句


The city was entombed in volcanic lava...
城市被火山熔岩掩埋。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

The Tel, an artificial mountain, entombs Jericho's ancient past.
泰勒山作为一座人造山掩藏着杰里科过去古老的历史。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Neither of them had any idea how long the body had been entombed.
他们俩谁也不知道这具尸体被埋葬多久了。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Workers are still trying to entomb the reactor in concrete.
工人们仍然正在设法用混凝土把反应堆埋起来.

辞典例句

中文词源


entomb 掩埋

en-, 进入,使。tomb, 坟墓。

双语例句


1. Workers are still trying to entomb the reactor in concrete.
工人们仍然正在设法用混凝土把反应堆埋起来.

来自辞典例句

英文词源


entomb (v.)
1570s, from Old French entomber "place in a tomb," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + tombe "tomb" (see tomb). Related: Entombed; entombing. The earlier verb was simply tomb (c. 1300).

词态变化


第三人称单数: entombs;过去式: entombed;过去分词: entombed;现在分词: entombing;