单词 | serdab |
释义 | serdabn. a. In Western Asia, a cellar or underground chamber. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room by situation > [noun] > underground room or cellar undercroft1395 vault1396 cellar?a1400 siler1548 crypta1563 hypogee1656 hypogeum1706 souterrain1733 favissa1736 cellar room1743 undervaulting1823 serdab1842 semi-basement1905 dunny1906 1842 W. F. Ainsworth Trav. Asia Minor II. 331 The foundations, cellars, or serdaubs,..were generally all that remained. 1842 J. B. Fraser Mesopot. & Assyria i. 25 When the inhabitants of Bagdad are panting in their sirdabs, or cellars under ground, whither they retire to avoid the rays of the sun. b. In Egypt, a secret passage or chamber in an ancient tomb. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > [noun] > passage or chamber secretaryc1440 priest's hole1660 thalamus1850 serdab1877 coulisse1903 the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > types of tomb > [noun] > types of ancient or prehistoric > Egypt: secret chamber or passage serdab1877 1877 A. B. Edwards Thousand Miles up Nile iv. 92 This tomb..also contains a secret passage of the kind that M. Mariette calls a serdab. These serdabs are constructed in the thickness of the walls and have no entrances. 1897 Daily News 5 July 8/3 In the serdab, or statue-chamber, of one of the principal tombs, a very fine statue..was found. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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