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sepulchral

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++se·pul·chral /səˈpʌlkrəl/ adjective literary  1 SAD/UNHAPPYsad, serious, and slightly frightening 低沉忧郁的,阴沉的 a sepulchral voice 低沉忧郁的嗓音2 dark, empty, and slightly frightening 空寂的,阴森森的 in the sepulchral gloom of the church 在教堂阴沉昏暗的光线中
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sepulchralMy protector in the sepulchral darkness filled with light.Figures on sepulchral monuments sporting shrouds in place of customary day dress are not so rare as those depicted on memorial brasses.It was a sepulchral place, altogether depressing and gloomy.Much additional information can, however, be learnt from sepulchral sculpture, prints and drawings, paintings and memento mori jewellery.One might mention an object or a locality, and sepulchral silence would descend.Tenebrous, sepulchral, their interiors speak mutely of their absent architects.In loud, sepulchral tones, this vision warned James to give up war and consorting with wanton women.White statues of saints, angels and the Holy Family added a traditional, if sepulchral, touch.
se·pul·chral adjectiveChineseSyllable
Corpus serious, and sad, frightening slightly


sepulchral
sepulchral /səˈpʌlkrəl, sɪˈpʌlkrəl/ adjective literary
1. sad, serious, and slightly frightening:
    a sepulchral voice
2. dark, empty, and slightly frightening:
    in the sepulchral gloom of the church


se·pul·chralBrE /səˈpʌlkrəl/ 🔊NAmE /səˈpʌlkrəl/ 🔊 adjective (literary) looking or sounding sad and serious; making you think of death 阴沉的;阴森森的;死一般的 SYN funereal He spoke in sepulchral tones. 他说话语气阴沉。🔊🔊