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sepulchre

/sep-uhl-ker/US // ˈsɛp əl kər //UK // (ˈsɛpəlkə) //

墓穴,墓葬,墓碑,坟墓

Definitions

  1. 1

    sep·ul·chred, sep·ul·chring.Chiefly British.

    • : sepulcher.

Examples

  • The Via Dolorosa ends at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and is marked by nine stations of the cross.

  • The dew-gems lay freshly upon the grass;—for her the dewiness of life was gone;—earth was one vast sepulchre.

  • At a little distance further, after crossing a small river near Latmus, there is seen in a cave the sepulchre of Endymion.

  • Here is the sepulchre of Mausolus, one of the seven wonders of the world;160 Artemisia erected it, in honour of her husband.

  • In this island is shown the sepulchre of Erythras, a large mound, planted with wild palms.

  • The very day after a king ascended the throne he used to begin hewing out the sepulchre where he should lie.