| 单词 | grave |
| 释义 | grave Word forms: graves , graver , gravest pronunciation note: Pronounced (greɪv ), except for meaning [sense 5], when it is pronounced (grɑːv ). 1. countable noun B2 A grave is a place where a dead person is buried. They used to visit her grave twice a year. Synonyms: tomb, vault, crypt, mausoleum 2. countable noun [oft to N] You can refer to someone's death as their grave or to death as the grave. ...drinking yourself to an early grave. Most men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency. 3. adjective A grave event or situation is very serious, important, and worrying. He said that the situation in his country is very grave. I have grave doubts that the documents tell the whole story. Synonyms: serious, important, significant, critical gravely adverb [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB with verb] They had gravely impaired the credibility of the government. 4. adjective A grave person is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour. William was up on the roof for some time and when he came down he looked grave. Anxiously, she examined his unusually grave face. gravely adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective] 'I think I've covered that business more than adequately,' he said gravely. 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] In some languages such as French, a grave accent is a symbol that is placed over a vowel in a word to show how the vowel is pronounced. For example, the word 'mère' has a grave accent over the first 'e'. 6. dig one's own grave phrase [VERB and NOUN inflect] If you say that someone is digging their own grave, you are warning them that they are doing something foolish or dangerous that will cause their own failure. He has been digging his own grave with a string of poor results. 7. turn in their grave phrase If you say that someone who is dead would turn in their grave at something that is happening now, you mean that they would be very shocked or upset by it, if they were alive. Darwin must be turning in his grave at the thought of what is being perpetrated in his name. 8. from the cradle to the grave phrase If something affects you from the cradle to the grave, it affects you throughout your life. The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave. Quotations: The grave's a fine and private place, But none do there, I think, embraceTo his Coy Mistress Idioms: turn in your grave [British] or turn over in your grave if someone who is dead would turn in their grave, they would be very angry or upset about something that is happening now if they knew about it Churchill and Bevan would turn in their graves if they could hear the pathetic attempts at public speaking made by members of all parties in the past three weeks. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers dig your own grave to put yourself in a difficult situation by doing something wrong or making foolish mistakes If you go ahead with a private investigation, you'll be digging your own grave professionally. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers someone has one foot in the grave said to mean that someone is very ill or very old and is likely to die soon. You use this expression when you are talking about illness and death in a light-hearted way. The guard and warder are taken in, they're convinced De Fiore's got one foot in the grave. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers from the cradle to the grave throughout all of a person's life The health service is said to provide for every emergency from the cradle to the grave. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 坟墓 Japanese: 墓 |
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