tombstone
/ˈtuːmstəʊn/ (bre, ipa) · [tˈumstˌon] /ˈtuːmstəʊn/ (ame, ipa) · [tˈumstˌon] /ˈtüm-ˌstōn How to pronounce tombstone (audio)/ (ame, mw)
tombstone — 名詞
- tombstonesingular
- tombstonesplural
1. a carved stone or slab placed at a grave, usually showing the name, the birth an
墓碑
刻有死者姓名的石碑
a carved stone or slab placed at a grave, usually showing the name, the birth and death years, and sometimes a short message about the person whose remains lie underneath
A granite tombstone stood at a grave by the old church wall, carved with the name Ada and the year 1892.
教堂牆邊一座墳墓上立著一塊花崗岩墓碑，刻有 Ada 的名字和年份 1892 年。
collocation: granite tombstone; preposition: by the church wall
Nia helped choose a simple marble tombstone for the grave after her grandmother passed away.
祖母過世後，Nia 幫忙選了一塊樸素的大理石墓碑立在墓前。
collocation: marble tombstone / choose a tombstone
After a hundred years in the damp cemetery, the letters on the old tombstone had become hard to read.
在潮濕的墓園裡待了一百年後，那塊舊墓碑上的字跡已經變得難以辨認。
Asher drove to the small cemetery to see his great-grandparents' tombstone for the first time.
Asher 開車到那座小墓園，第一次親眼看到曾祖父母的墓碑。
Every spring the groundskeeper cleans the moss off the older tombstones in the family plot near the oak tree.
每年春天，管理員都會清理橡樹旁家族墓區內那些較舊的墓碑上的青苔。
- gravestone
the most common alternative; slightly less formal than tombstone
- headstone
specifically refers to an upright stone at the head of a grave
- monument
a broader term for any structure built to remember a person or event; not restricted to graves
- memorial
emphasises the act of remembering rather than the physical object
文法句型
tombstone + of [person]
tombstone + in/at [place]
用法筆記
Tombstone, gravestone, and headstone are often used interchangeably. Strictly speaking, a headstone stands at the head of a grave (vertical), while a tombstone may lie flat over the burial site. In everyday English, tombstone is the most common and neutral term.
常見錯誤
tombstone — 名詞
1. a small city in the southeastern corner of the US state of Arizona, known as a W
墓碑
刻有死者姓名的石碑
a small city in the southeastern corner of the US state of Arizona, known as a Wild West mining town and for the famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881
Tariq and his family spent the weekend in Tombstone, Arizona, visiting the old saloons and the O.K. Corral site.
教堂牆邊一座墳墓上立著一塊花崗岩墓碑，刻有 Ada 的名字和年份 1892 年。
preposition: in Tombstone, Arizona
Many tourists visit the small city of Tombstone to see a re-enactment of the O.K. Corral gunfight.
祖母過世後，Nia 幫忙選了一塊樸素的大理石墓碑立在墓前。
Travellers in southern Arizona stop in Tombstone to see its 1880s wooden sidewalks and old mining-town buildings.
在潮濕的墓園裡待了一百年後，那塊舊墓碑上的字跡已經變得難以辨認。
The museum in Tombstone displays old photographs from the town's silver-mining days.
Asher 開車到那座小墓園，第一次親眼看到曾祖父母的墓碑。
用法筆記
When referring to the city, Tombstone is treated as a proper noun — it does not take an article ("he lives in Tombstone", not "he lives in the Tombstone"). The city's name originally comes from the grave-marker sense; a miner was told that all he would find there was his tombstone.