sepulture

英 ['sep(ə)ltʃə] 美
  • n. 埋葬;坟墓

英英释义


1. the ritual placing of a corpse in a grave
2. a chamber that is used as a grave

中文词源


sepulture 埋葬,坟墓

来自拉丁语 sepelire,埋葬,举行葬礼,-ure,名词后缀。

双语例句


1. The next day Cherokee Sal had such rude sepulture as Roaring Camp afforded.
第二天,切罗基人莎被草草地埋了,咆哮营能提供的不过如此.

来自辞典例句

英文词源


sepulture (n.)
"burial, interment," late 13c., from Old French sepulture, sepoutre "tomb, coffin" (12c.), from Latin sepultura "burial, funeral obsequies," from sepult-, past participle stem of sepelire "to bury" (see sepulchre).