sepulchre
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++sep·ul·chre British English, sepulcher American English /ˈsepəlkə $ -kər/ noun [countable] old use TBBMXa small room or building in which the bodies of dead people were put 墓室，冢
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sepulchre• With all her best efforts, she was whitewashing a sepulchre.• Man, beast or daemon, Drachenfels lies mouldering in a filthy sepulchre.• What finer sepulchre of honour could any Marine ever aspire to?• The lid of his now-gone sepulchre remains, a marble piece with Grifo's carved effigy.• They find the stone gone and enter the sepulchre.• Resurrection, therefore, means that moment when one bursts forth from the sepulchre of the old man.• They see that the stone guarding the entrance to the sepulchre has been rolled away.sep·ul·chre nounChineseSyllable
in building room which or small a Corpus
sepulchre
sep‧ul‧chre
British English, sepulcher American English /ˈsepəlkə $ -kər/ noun [countable] old use
sep‧ul‧chre
British English, sepulcher American English /ˈsepəlkə $ -kər/ noun [countable] old use Date: 1100-1200
Language: Old French
Origin: sepulcre, from Latin sepulcrum, from sepelire 'to bury'
a small room or building in which the bodies of dead people were put
Language: Old French
Origin: sepulcre, from Latin sepulcrum, from sepelire 'to bury'