單詞
tombstone
英 ['tu?mst??n]
美['tumston]
基本信息
- n. 墓碑；墓石
- n. (Tombstone)人名；(英)圖姆斯通
暢通詞匯GRE低頻詞
詞態變化
復數:?tombstones;
英文詞源
- tombstone (n.)
- 1560s, originally the flat stone atop a grave (or the lid of a stone coffin); from tomb + stone (n.). Meaning "gravestone, headstone" is attested from 1711. The city in Arizona, U.S., said to have been named by prospector Ed Schieffelin, who found silver there in 1877 after being told all he would find there was his tombstone.
雙語例句
- 1. Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone.
- 文森特赫然聳現在我面前，面色灰白得像一塊墓碑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A tombstone is erected in memory of whoever it commemorates.
- 墓碑是為紀念它所紀念的人而建的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The tombstone was lichenous and crumbling.
- 墓碑長滿了地衣,已在崩落.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Here lie the mortal remains of George Chapman, eg as an inscription on a tombstone.
- 喬治.查普曼的遺體葬于此處(如墓碑上的志文).
來自辭典例句
- 5. The tombstone is inscribed with her name and the date of her death.
- 墓碑上刻有她的名字和去世的日期.
來自辭典例句
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