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| /greɪv/ |
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| 1 | the place where a dead body is buried in a deep hole in the ground . A tomb is a structure above the ground that contains a dead body 坟墓；墓穴 |
| He’ s never even visited his mother’ s grave. 他竟然从未去过他母亲的墓地。 |
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| 2 | the grave literary death 死亡 |
| His secret will go with me to the grave (=I will die without telling anyone) . 他的秘密我至死也不会透露。 |
| beyond the grave It seemed to him like a voice from beyond the grave (=the voice of a dead person) . 在他听起来那像是从坟墓里发出来的声音。 |
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| - | an early grave
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| death before the natural age that you would expect |
| 早死 |
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| She’ s drinking herself into an early grave. 酗酒将使她早亡。 |
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| - | sb would turn in their grave spoken
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| used for saying that someone who is now dead would be very surprised or sad about something that is happening if they could see it |
| （某人）九泉之下不得安宁，死不瞑目 |
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| See also | | - cradle 1 | | - dig 1 | | - foot 1 | | - watery | |
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