释义 |
sepulchralse‧pul‧chral /səˈpʌlkrəl/ adjective literary - Figures on sepulchral monuments sporting shrouds in place of customary day dress are not so rare as those depicted on memorial brasses.
- In loud, sepulchral tones, this vision warned James to give up war and consorting with wanton women.
- It was a sepulchral place, altogether depressing and gloomy.
- Much additional information can, however, be learnt from sepulchral sculpture, prints and drawings, paintings and memento mori jewellery.
- My protector in the sepulchral darkness filled with light.
- One might mention an object or a locality, and sepulchral silence would descend.
- Tenebrous, sepulchral, their interiors speak mutely of their absent architects.
- White statues of saints, angels and the Holy Family added a traditional, if sepulchral, touch.
1sad, serious, and slightly frightening: a sepulchral voice2dark, empty, and slightly frightening: in the sepulchral gloom of the church |