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entomb

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++en·tomb /ɪnˈtuːm/ verb [transitive] formal  CATCHto bury or trap someone in something or under the ground 掩埋;埋葬n They were entombed in rubble.nGrammar Entomb is usually passive.→ See Verb table
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entombBurns' body was entombed at Forest Lawn Cemetery.Likewise the ground, the concrete, which did not cleave to devour or entomb him.
en·tomb verbn GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
or in to Corpus bury or something someone trap


entomb
entomb /ɪnˈtuːm/ verb [transitive usually passive] formal
to bury or trap someone in something or under the ground


en·tombBrE /ɪnˈtuːm/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈtuːm/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they entomb BrE /ɪnˈtuːm/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtuːm/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it entombs BrE /ɪnˈtuːmz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtuːmz/ 🔊past simple entombed BrE /ɪnˈtuːmd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtuːmd/ 🔊past participle entombed BrE /ɪnˈtuːmd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtuːmd/ 🔊 -ing form entombing BrE /ɪnˈtuːmɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈtuːmɪŋ/ 🔊 [usually passive] (formal) ~ sb/sth (in sth) to bury or completely cover sb/sth so that they cannot get out, be seen, etc. 掩埋;埋葬~ sb/sth (in sth) to put a dead body in a tomb 把(尸体)葬入坟墓