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mausoleum

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mau·so·le·um /ˌmɔːsəˈliːəm $ ˌmɒː-/ noun [countable]  MXa large stone building made specially to contain the body of a dead person, or the dead bodies of an important family 陵墓 tomb the Lenin Mausoleum 列宁墓
Examples from the Corpus
mausoleumTheir new flat was a mausoleum to future prosperity.And there was Papa in this great mausoleum.When full, Singing Hills will accommodate 30,000 underground burials and an additional 20,000 in mausoleums and crypts.It was his building, Lewis' s. It was like his tomb or mausoleum, almost airless.There would be thousands of them gathered in the mausoleum square the day Baker arrived.The cemetery is so densely occupied that in many of the mausoleums, coffins are piled up to 10m high.After touring the mausoleum, the peasant returns and again asks where he can find Mao alive.
Origin mausoleum (1400-1500) Latin Greek, from Mausolos king of Caria in ancient Turkey, for whom such a building was made
mau·so·le·um nounChineseSyllable
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mausoleum
mausoleum /ˌmɔːsəˈliːəm $ ˌmɒː-/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1400-1500
 Language: Latin
 Origin: Greek, from Mausolos king of Caria in ancient Turkey, for whom such a building was made
a large stone building made specially to contain the body of a dead person, or the dead bodies of an important family ⇨ tomb:
    the Lenin Mausoleum


mau·so·leumBrE /ˌmɔːsəˈliːəm/ 🔊NAmE /ˌmɔːsəˈliːəm/ 🔊 nouna special building made to hold the dead body of an important person or the dead bodies of a family 陵墓the royal mausoleum王室陵墓