necropolis

/nuh-krop-uh-lis, ne-/US // nəˈkrɒp ə lɪs, nɛ- //UK // (nɛˈkrɒpəlɪs) //

尸城,墓园,墓地,尸骨城

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural ne·crop·o·lis·es.
- : a cemetery, especially one of large size and usually of an ancient city.
- : a historic or prehistoric burial ground.

nouncemetery

Synonyms

My first novel, Alive in Necropolis—or, rather, the process of writing it—changed me.
As I mentioned above, I got started writing Alive in Necropolis because my agent gave me a nudge in that direction.
We then came to the Necropolis of St. Miniato, a church considered to be one of the oldest on the continent.
The Necropolis has been robbed to form the collections of Salt, Drouetti, and others.
Only one sepulchre now remains open in the Necropolis, half way up the slope of a mound called the Poggio Reale.
Near the cathedral is a cemetery called the Necropolis, situated on very elevated ground, and highly attractive.
Demetrios betook himself to a part of the wood which sheltered the Necropolis of the high priests of the goddess.