tumulus

IPA/ˈtjuːmjələs/
IPA/ˈtuːmjələs/

tumulus — 名詞

  • tumulussingular
  • tumuliplural

1. a raised mound of soil and rocks that ancient peoples created to cover or mark a

1.名詞C1
釋義

古墳

古代用土石堆成的墳墓

a raised mound of soil and rocks that ancient peoples created to cover or mark a place where dead bodies were buried

例句

Eli and his team spent three months digging at the site of an ancient tumulus.

Eli 和他的團隊花了三個月挖掘一處古墳遺址。

collocation: ancient tumulus

The tumulus that Lien discovered during the road project contained Roman coins and iron tools.

Lien 在道路工程中發現的古墳裡藏有羅馬錢幣和鐵製工具。

relative clause describing tumulus discovery

常見搭配
  • ancient tumulus
  • burial tumulus
  • large tumulus
  • stone tumulus
  • Bronze Age tumulus
  • tumulus field
  • tumulus chamber
  • tumulus burial
同義詞
  • mound

    more general term for any raised area of earth, not necessarily man-made or covering a grave

  • barrow

    British English term for a prehistoric burial mound, especially a long or round shape; less common in American English

  • cairn

    a pile of stones left as a marker or memorial, not necessarily covering a burial; often found on hiking trails

文法句型

tumulus + of + noun phrase

tumulus + containing + noun phrase

用法筆記

Frequently used in archaeological and historical writing. In everyday conversation, people are more likely to say 'ancient burial mound' or just 'burial mound'. The plural form is 'tumuli' (not 'tumuluses').

常見錯誤

They found a tumulus with a body inside.
They found a tumulus containing human remains.
'tumulus' refers to the mound itself, not the grave chamber; archaeologists describe what the tumulus contains rather than what is 'inside' it.

同根字

  • tumular
    形容詞C2
  • tumuli
    名詞C1

常見搭配

名詞搭配

常用片語

  • build a tumulus
  • discover a tumulus
  • cover a grave with a tumulus
  • date a tumulus

介系詞搭配

  • inside a tumulus
  • under a tumulus
  • atop a tumulus