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单词 tomb
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tomb

/tuːm/
noun
1
a large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead
坟墓, 冢; 葬身之地。
1.1
an enclosure for a corpse cut in the earth or in rock
土棺; 石棺。
1.2
a monument to the memory of a dead person, erected over their burial place
墓碑。
1.3
used in similes and metaphors to refer to a place or situation that is extremely cold, quiet, or dark, or that forms a confining enclosure
一片死寂(或冰冷、阴森森):

the house was as quiet as a tomb.

屋子死气沉沉。

1.4
mass noun

the tomb

poetic/literary death
〈诗/文〉死亡:

none escape the tomb.

万物皆难逃一死。

词源
Middle English: from Old French tombe, from late Latin tumba, from Greek tumbos.
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