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- a place of burial for a dead body, typically a hole dug in the ground and marked by a stone or mound墓穴; 坟墓：
the coffin was lowered into the grave.
棺材被下到墓穴中。
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the grave
used as an allusive term for death死亡：life beyond the grave.
来世。
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- a place where a broken piece of machinery or other discarded object lies（废旧机器等的）堆积处：
lift the aircraft from its watery grave.
将飞机从满是积水的残骸堆中吊起。
短语
dig one's own grave
- do something foolish which causes one to fail or be ruined自掘坟墓, 自己害自己。
(as) silent （或quiet） as the grave
- extremely quiet像坟墓那样寂静, 寂静无声。
take the （或one's 等） secret to the grave
- die without revealing a secret将秘密带入坟墓, 至死保守秘密。
turn （〈北美〉亦作turn over） in one's grave
- used to express the opinion that something would have caused anger or distress in someone who is now dead在坟墓中辗转反侧（表示认为某事会令某位死者发怒或痛苦）：
Bach must be turning in his grave at the vulgarities of the twentieth century.
20世纪的庸俗趣味定会让巴赫在九泉之下辗转难眠。
词源
Old English græf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch graf and German Grab.
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- giving cause for alarm; serious严峻的; 重大的; 严重的：
a matter of grave concern.
引起严重关注的问题。
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- serious or solemn in manner or appearance; sombre严肃的, 庄重的; 阴沉的：
his face was grave.
他神情严肃。
派生词
gravely
adverbgraveness
noun词源
late 15th cent. （originally of a wound in the sense 'severe， serious'）： from Old French grave or Latin gravis 'heavy， serious'.
(past participle graven 或graved)with obj.
1- archaic engrave (an inscription or image) on a surface〈古〉刻（铭文, 图像）。
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- poetic/literary fix (something) indelibly in the mind〈诗/文〉铭记, 铭刻：
the times are graven on my memory.
那个时代铭刻在我的记忆里。
词源
with obj.
- historical clean (a ship's bottom) by burning off the accretions and then tarring it〈史〉（用烧掉附着物然后涂以沥青的方法）清理（船底）, 拷铲油漆（船底）。
词源
late Middle English: perhaps from French dialect grave, variant of Old French greve 'shore' (because originally the ship would have been run aground).