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mastaba

/mas-tuh-buh/US // ˈmæs tə bə //UK // (ˈmæstəbə) //

马斯特巴,桅杆,桅杆大厦,桅杆塔

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an ancient Egyptian tomb made of mud brick, rectangular in plan with sloping sides and a flat roof.
    • : a fixed bench, especially one of stone.

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Examples

  • The interior of a mastaba is composed of three parts—the chamber, the serdab, and the well.

  • It may seem that in considering the mastaba before the pyramid we have reversed the natural order.

  • In Figs. 116-119 we give the plan and three sections of a mastaba at Gizeh which has four serdabs.

  • This passage, which is not high enough to allow one to walk upright, does not run quite parallel to the axis of the mastaba.

  • A different arrangement had therefore to be devised from that adopted in the case of the mastaba.