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cenotaph

/sen-uh-taf, -tahf/US // ˈsɛn əˌtæf, -ˌtɑf //UK // (ˈsɛnəˌtɑːf) //

纪念碑,墓碑,墓穴,墓园

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere.

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Examples

  • Others think it may be a cenotaph, built to house Alexander himself but then left empty after Ptolemy made off with his body.

  • Walking in the rain toward the cenotaph, I observed that about every other person wore a red paper poppy in the lapel.

  • One of the figures guarding the Maximilian cenotaph wears a precisely similar hauberk.

  • And this self-denying ordinance speaks more for James Moore's love of his lost wife than many a lordly cenotaph.

  • This end might be attained by erecting a cenotaph in his honour in every churchyard and cemetery in England.

  • There were celebrations in the streets of London and a vast crowd visited the cenotaph and sang Rule Britannia.

  • It is an ingenious and brilliant addition to the public part of the tomb, to the cenotaph.