| 单词 | mausoleum |
| 释义 | mausoleum (once / 3821 pages) n A mausoleum is a building that contains a tomb or tombs. The Taj Mahal, built by Shah Jahan as a monument to his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal, is the world's most famous mausoleum. Mausoleion, the Greek source of the Latinized mausoleum, was the name given to the tomb of the King Mausolus, a Persian ruler who died in 353 B.C.E. This vast elaborate structure was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Other notable mausoleums or mausolea include the mausoleum of China's First Qin Emperor –- the site of the famous Terra Cotta Army — and the tombs of Ulysses S. Grant and Abraham Lincoln. WORD FAMILYmausoleum: mausolea, mausoleums USAGE EXAMPLESOn Saturday, a white cloth was draped over a new structure near the mausoleum for Cuban independence leader Jose Marti. Seattle Times(Dec 03, 2016) He fled to Hawaii, where he died and was interred in an Oahu mausoleum until 1993. Time(Nov 30, 2016) He points to a domed mausoleum nearby and says it is being built for Castro. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) n a large burial chamber, usually above ground Exp|Hyper Mausoleum at Halicarnasus a white marble mausoleum 140 feet high built in 352 BC at Halicarnassus as a memorial to a king; destroyed in 1402 Taj Mahalbeautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mogul emperor Shah Jahan (completed in 1649) in memory of his favorite wife burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture a chamber that is used as a grave |
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