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graveclothes

/greyv-klohz, -klohthz/US // ˈgreɪvˌkloʊz, -ˌkloʊðz //

墓衣,墓布,坟墓的衣服,墓地

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Definitions

n.名词(复数) plural noun
  1. 1
    • : the clothes or wrappings in which a body is buried; cerements.

Examples

  • Art has no business with real graveclothes when she wants tragic drapery—has she?

  • Folding the graveclothes decently over the body, Luke prepared to depart.

  • Then she turned and passed away into the shadow of the trees; I heard her graveclothes sweep upon the grass.

  • And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin.