请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 sepulcher
释义

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sep•ul•cher /ˈsɛpəlkɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a tomb or grave.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sep•ul•cher  (sepəl kər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a tomb, grave, or burial place.
  2. ReligionAlso called Easter sepulcher. [Eccles.]
    • a cavity in a mensa for containing relics of martyrs.
    • Religiona structure or a recess in some old churches in which the Eucharist was deposited with due ceremonies on Good Friday and taken out at Easter in commemoration of Christ's entombment and Resurrection.

v.t. 
  1. to place in a sepulcher* bury.
Also,[esp. Brit.,] sepulchre. 
  • Latin sepulcrum, equivalent. to sepul- (variant stem of sepelīre to bury) + -crum noun, nominal suffix of place
  • Old French
  • Middle English sepulcre 1150–1200
    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged vault, mausoleum, crypt.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sep•ul•chre  (sepəl kər),USA pronunciation n., v.t., -chred, -chring. [Chiefly Brit.]
  1. British Termssepulcher.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
sepulchre, US sepulcher /ˈsɛpəlkə/ n
  1. a burial vault, tomb, or grave
  2. Also called: Easter sepulchre a separate alcove in some medieval churches in which the Eucharistic elements were kept from Good Friday until the Easter ceremonies
vb
  1. (transitive) to bury in a sepulchre
Etymology: 12th Century: from Old French sépulcre, from Latin sepulcrum, from sepelīre to bury
随便看

 

英语词典包含188688条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/7/3 8:52:13