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hearse

/hurs/US // hɜrs //UK // (hɜːs) //

灵车,辒车,辒辌车,輀

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
    • : a triangular frame for holding candles, used at the service of Tenebrae in Holy Week.
    • : a canopy erected over a tomb.

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Examples

  • The lead-off car for this week’s march will be a hearse, carrying what organizers say will be a symbolic representation of Manchin’s backbone.

  • From those grounds, we watched as the hearse and motorcade made its way down the dusty driveway that August afternoon and the world bid farewell to truly an American original.

  • Police on motorcycles escorted the hearse to Arlington National Ceremony as hundreds of officers stood in lines.

  • The hearse then made its way to Annapolis, where Miller served in the General Assembly for 50 years.

  • Scores of officers lined up outside the Capitol and saluted as a hearse carrying Sicknick’s remains passed by.