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单词 hearse
释义

hearse

[ hurs ]
/ hɜrs /
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noun

a vehicle for conveying a dead person to the place of burial.
a triangular frame for holding candles, used at the service of Tenebrae in Holy Week.
a canopy erected over a tomb.

Origin of hearse

1250–1300; Middle English herse<Middle French herce a harrow <Latin hirpicem, accusative of hirpex

OTHER WORDS FROM hearse

hearselike, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for hearse

hearse
/ (hɜːs) /

noun

a vehicle, such as a specially designed car or carriage, used to carry a coffin to a place of worship and ultimately to a cemetery or crematorium

Word Origin for hearse

C14: from Old French herce, from Latin hirpex harrow
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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