headstone

IPA/ˈhedstəʊn/
KK[hˈɛdstˌon]IPA/ˈhedstəʊn/

headstone — 名詞

  • headstonesingular
  • headstonesplural

1. A carved stone slab that marks a burial site by standing at the top end of the g

1.名詞B2
釋義

墓碑

墓穴前方的石製標記，刻有死者姓名等資訊

A carved stone slab that marks a burial site by standing at the top end of the grave, usually inscribed with the deceased person's name, dates, and sometimes a short message.

例句

The granite headstone for Grandma Eleanor arrived a week before the funeral.

祖母 Eleanor 的花崗岩墓碑在葬禮前一週就送到了。

collocation: granite / marble / stone headstone

Every year on his father's birthday, Yuto places flowers by the headstone at the cemetery.

每年父親生日那天，Yuto 都會在墓園的墓碑旁放上鮮花。

常見搭配
  • granite / marble / limestone headstone
  • upright / flat / slanted headstone
  • place / install / set up a headstone
  • a headstone bears / reads / shows
  • headstone inscription
  • carve / engrave a headstone
  • clean / restore / repair a headstone
同義詞
  • gravestone

    broadly interchangeable; gravestone is slightly older in register

  • tombstone

    more informal and more likely to appear in figurative uses ('a tombstone of a once-great company')

  • marker

    a more general term that includes flat plaques and bronze plates; not limited to upright stones

用法筆記

Frequently modified by material nouns and adjectives describing the stone type (granite, marble, limestone) or shape (flat, upright, sloping).

常見錯誤

They put a headstone on the grave of their pet cat.
They placed a small headstone on their pet cat's grave.
'Put' is acceptable but less natural in formal cemetery contexts; 'place', 'install', or 'set up' are more typical.

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常用片語

  • headstone with an inscription
  • place flowers by a headstone

介系詞搭配

  • on a headstone
  • by a headstone