sepulchre
sepulchre — 名詞
- sepulchresingular
- sepulchresplural
1. a building, cave, or room cut into rock, used in past times as a place to hold t
石墓
用石頭建造的墳墓或墓穴
a building, cave, or room cut into rock, used in past times as a place to hold the body of a dead person
Inside the old stone sepulchre, Devika found carvings of animals on the wall.
在古老的石墓裡，Devika 在牆上發現了動物雕刻。
collocation: stone sepulchre
The Roman sepulchre that James visited still held the bones of a small child.
James 參觀的那座羅馬石墓裡還留著一個小孩的遺骨。
relative clause after sepulchre
Ada helped clean the stone floor of the sepulchre behind the village church.
Ada 幫忙清理了村莊教堂後方石墓的石地板。
A marble sepulchre near the sea holds the body of a poet from long ago.
海邊的一座大理石墓穴中安放著一位很久以前的詩人遺體。
- tomb
the most common word for a stone burial place, often above ground
- grave
a place where a dead body is buried, usually a hole in the ground with a stone marker
- crypt
a room under a church used as a burial place
- mausoleum
a large, impressive building built to hold the bodies of one or more important people
用法筆記
The spelling 'sepulcher' (without the 'r' before 'e') is used in American English. The word 'tomb' is more common in everyday speech.
常見錯誤
sepulchre — 動詞
- sepulchrepresent simple I / you / we / they
- sepulchres3rd person singular
- sepulchring-ing form
- sepulchredpast simple
1. to put a dead body into a stone tomb or cave, especially as part of a ceremony i
葬於石墓
將遺體安放在石墓中
to put a dead body into a stone tomb or cave, especially as part of a ceremony in a past time
The old king was sepulchred in a cave high in the mountains.
那位老國王被安葬在高山深處的一個洞穴石墓中。
passive: be sepulchred in [place]
The remains of Yara's grandfather were sepulchred in the family tomb near the old church.
Yara 將祖父的遺骨安放在老教堂附近的家族石墓中。
passive: be sepulchred in [place]
Ancient letters were sepulchred with the dead queen as part of the burial ceremony.
一些古老的信件被當作陪葬品與女王一起封存在石墓中。
The body of the village elder was sepulchred in the cave behind the house.
那位村中長老的遺體被安放在屋後的洞穴中。
- entomb
more common than 'sepulchre' in formal writing, especially for placing a body in a tomb
- inter
a neutral formal word for burying a dead body, usually in a grave
- lay to rest
a gentler, more respectful expression used in both formal and informal contexts
- exhume
to dig up a body from the ground or a tomb
文法句型
sepulchre + object (body/person)
passive: be sepulchred in [place]
用法筆記
Almost always used in the passive voice or past participle form. The active voice (e.g., 'they sepulchred the body') is extremely rare even in formal writing.
2. for a cave, building, or piece of land to contain the dead body of a person or a
存放遺體
洞穴或建築物容納遺體
for a cave, building, or piece of land to contain the dead body of a person or animal
The large stone chamber sepulchred the bodies of three generations of one mountain village family.
那間巨大的石室存放了一個山村家族三代的遺骨。
place + sepulchres + bodies
A small chapel on the hill sepulchred the soldiers who died in the old war.
山丘上一座小教堂存放了在舊戰爭中陣亡的士兵遺體。
place + sepulchres + person/people
The underground room sepulchred the remains of the village's first settlers.
那間地下密室存放了兩百多年前第一批拓荒者的遺骸。
A deep cave near the river sepulchred the bones of animals from ancient times.
河邊的一個深洞穴中存放了遠古時代動物的骨骸。
文法句型
sepulchre + object (a place) + object (remains)
place + sepulchres + body/remains
用法筆記
This sense is even rarer than verb sense 1. The subject is always a place (cave, chamber, church, tomb) and the object is the person or body it contains. 'Hold' or 'contain' are more natural alternatives.