sarcophagus 的定义
plural sar·coph·a·gi [sahr-kof-uh-jahy], /sɑrˈkɒf əˌdʒaɪ/, sar·coph·a·gus·es.
- a stone coffin, especially one bearing sculpture, inscriptions, etc., often displayed as a monument.
- Greek Antiquity. a kind of stone thought to consume the flesh of corpses, used for coffins.
sarcophagus 近义词
等同于 casket
sarcophagus 的近义词 10 个
等同于 coffin
sarcophagus 的近义词 7 个
更多sarcophagus例句
- He rests lavishly, depicted in a marble sarcophagus that stares up for eternity at the carved depictions of his life story.
- The body lay in an aboveground marble sarcophagus guarded by no groundskeepers or watchmen, just one lonely padlock.
- Prices start at around $1,000 for Greek-Roman coins (250 A.D.) and top $25,000 for ornate Sarcophagus lids.
- But he has not launched a huge, historic initiative on which history has slammed the sarcophagus lid screaming “Failure!”
- Recent budget cuts are just the last nail in the sarcophagus.
- Sometimes the sarcophagus was placed behind a perforated slab of marble, as shown in the following example, given by Maitland.
- A large recess in the wall next to the Papal Crypt is thought to have held her sarcophagus.
- In the roofless structure was found a sarcophagus bearing the name of Alexander, and probably once containing his ashes.
- The high-arched temple, in the centre of which stands the sarcophagus, is inlaid with mosaic work of rare stones.
- On the right and on the left reposed, each in a massy sarcophagus, the departed kings and queens of Spain.