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headstone

/hed-stohn/US // ˈhɛdˌstoʊn //UK // (ˈhɛdˌstəʊn) //

墓碑,顶石,墓石,墓志铭

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a stone marker set at the head of a grave; gravestone.

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Examples

  • Chunks of concrete and large field stones lie about — a common grave marker for people who couldn’t afford headstones, archaeologists say.

  • They find Jaguar’s grave along the cemetery’s main road, amid a sea of other headstones inscribed with the names of people who fought in conflicts many decades ago.

  • The tears are still there, but now I see the flowers laid on the headstones and am grateful for the passing of time.

  • Alongside headstones honoring fallen Confederate soldiers, little flags flutter in the late spring breeze, each marked with the date when North Carolina seceded from the Union.

  • While there’s some dispute as to where Johnson is actually buried, a headstone bearing his name and the word “Citizen” in Arlington Cemetery is widely thought to be his final resting place.

  • “Good bye boys, I die a true American,” were his last words, according to the headstone.

  • Donations flowed in from around the world, and Spann finally got a headstone—30 years after he died.

  • But the sight of that headstone made his existence more real to me, made me a little more humble and oddly very joyful.

  • She was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery on Sept. 16, 2008, with a headstone saying, “Queen of Pin-Ups.”

  • Four weeks ago, his family removed his expensive headstone from his grave, pulverized it, and placed the remains in a landfill.

  • When all other service is vain from plant and tree, the soft Mosses and grey Lichens take up their watch by the headstone.

  • He sleeps with the undistinguishable multitude, and his headstone is lettered, "Unknown."

  • Above the coffin on Alderton's headstone is an ornament, apparently palms.

  • It is found, however, on a headstone of a somewhat weak design in Old Hornsey Churchyard.

  • Over the headstone presently came the knee pants, the faded calico waist with bone buttons.