单词 | mausoleum |
释义 | mausoleum —mausolean, adj. /maw'seuh lee"euhm, -zeuh-/, n. , pl. mausoleums, mausolea /-lee"euh/. 1. a stately and magnificent tomb. 2. a burial place for the bodies or remains of many individuals, often of a single family, usually in the form of a small building. 3. a large, gloomy, depressing building, room, or the like. 4. (cap.) the tomb erected at Halicarnassus in Asia Minor in 350? B.C. Cf. Seven Wonders of the World. [1375-1425; late ME < L < Gk Mausoleîon the tomb of Mausolus, king of Caria] |
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