英语词汇“sarcophagus”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

If you want to go out in style, buy yourself a sarcophagus — a very fancy coffin usually decorated with elaborate carvings. If King Tut could arrange it, so can you!

Sarcophagus comes from the Greek word sarkophagos meaning "limestone used for coffins." But the Greek literally translates to mean "flesh-eating." Seems a bit gruesome, doesn't it? This translation makes sense when you figure that limestone was used in coffins because it quickly decomposed the body. These stone coffins are usually decorated with a sculpture or inscription and date back to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece.

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sarcophagus: sarcophagi, sarcophaguses

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A few months later, Dutch museum curators were shocked to see the bodies of 47 mummified infant crocodiles lining the walls of a sarcophagus.

Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016)

Officials had long feared that the sarcophagus, always a makeshift solution, could someday collapse and expose a vast stretch of Europe to new contamination.

New York Times(Nov 29, 2016)

The structure covers the reactor and the unstable sarcophagus hastily built by Soviet authorities in the immediate aftermath of the disaster 30 years ago.

The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016)

n a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)

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casket, coffin

box in which a corpse is buried or cremated

单词	sarcophagus
释义	sarcophagus (once / 3790 pages) n If you want to go out in style, buy yourself a sarcophagus — a very fancy coffin usually decorated with elaborate carvings. If King Tut could arrange it, so can you! Sarcophagus comes from the Greek word sarkophagos meaning "limestone used for coffins." But the Greek literally translates to mean "flesh-eating." Seems a bit gruesome, doesn't it? This translation makes sense when you figure that limestone was used in coffins because it quickly decomposed the body. These stone coffins are usually decorated with a sculpture or inscription and date back to the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome, and Greece. WORD FAMILY sarcophagus: sarcophagi, sarcophaguses USAGE EXAMPLES A few months later, Dutch museum curators were shocked to see the bodies of 47 mummified infant crocodiles lining the walls of a sarcophagus. Washington Post(Dec 06, 2016) Officials had long feared that the sarcophagus, always a makeshift solution, could someday collapse and expose a vast stretch of Europe to new contamination. New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) The structure covers the reactor and the unstable sarcophagus hastily built by Soviet authorities in the immediate aftermath of the disaster 30 years ago. The Guardian(Nov 29, 2016) n a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions) Hyper casket, coffin box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
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