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单词 charnel
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Definition of charnel in English:

charnel

noun ˈtʃɑːn(ə)lˈCHärnl
  • short for charnel house
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Most knights' bones never got into charnels; they were safely enclosed in tombs inside a church.
    • Undoubtedly the charnel features had many other meanings to the people who used them, ones that leave no archaeologically identifiable traces.
    • These charnel facilities consisted of a shallow limestone-lined pit, made from a single layer of horizontal slabs that were laid out on a prepared subsoil surface.
    • The charnel was pulled down after the Reformation.
    • Some say it was merely a charnel pit - a functional repository of massed human bone.
adjective ˈtʃɑːn(ə)lˈCHärnl
  • Associated with death.

    与死亡关联的

    I gagged on the charnel stench of the place

    这地方的死亡气息让我窒息。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A foul odor of decaying flesh permeated the air of this subterranean charnel chamber.
    • It is argued, based on archaeological and ethnohistoric data, that the layout of the mound, burials, and charnel features is patterned after Native American notions of the cosmos.
    • The symbolic suitability of dark and dismal weather, however, is not the main reason Mary Shelley selected this particular month for the nativity of Victor's charnel creature.
    • Between them both sides lost half a million men and how many still lie buried in that charnel soil may never be known.
    • A charnel stench filled the air and made them recoil in disgust.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin carnale, neuter (used as a noun) of carnalis 'relating to flesh' (see carnal).

Definition of charnel in US English:

charnel

nounˈCHärnl
  • short for charnel house
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Undoubtedly the charnel features had many other meanings to the people who used them, ones that leave no archaeologically identifiable traces.
    • Some say it was merely a charnel pit - a functional repository of massed human bone.
    • Most knights' bones never got into charnels; they were safely enclosed in tombs inside a church.
    • These charnel facilities consisted of a shallow limestone-lined pit, made from a single layer of horizontal slabs that were laid out on a prepared subsoil surface.
    • The charnel was pulled down after the Reformation.
adjectiveˈCHärnl
  • Associated with death.

    与死亡关联的

    I gagged on the charnel stench of the place

    这地方的死亡气息让我窒息。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is argued, based on archaeological and ethnohistoric data, that the layout of the mound, burials, and charnel features is patterned after Native American notions of the cosmos.
    • Between them both sides lost half a million men and how many still lie buried in that charnel soil may never be known.
    • A charnel stench filled the air and made them recoil in disgust.
    • The symbolic suitability of dark and dismal weather, however, is not the main reason Mary Shelley selected this particular month for the nativity of Victor's charnel creature.
    • A foul odor of decaying flesh permeated the air of this subterranean charnel chamber.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, from medieval Latin carnale, neuter (used as a noun) of carnalis ‘relating to flesh’ (see carnal).

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