tomb
tomb
noun
noun
- a large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead
坟墓，冢；葬身之地
■an enclosure for a corpse cut in the earth or in rock
土棺；石棺
■a monument to the memory of a dead person, erected over their burial place
墓碑
■used in similes and metaphors to refer to a place or situation that is extremely cold, quiet, or dark, or that forms a confining enclosure
一片死寂（或冰冷、阴森森）
the house was as quiet as a tomb.
屋子死气沉沉。
■[mass noun](the tomb)(poetic/literary)death
(诗／文)死亡
none escape the tomb.
万物皆难逃一死。
- Middle English: from Old French tombe, from late Latin tumba, from Greek tumbos
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