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单词 serdab
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serdabn.

/səːˈdɑːb/
Forms: Also serdaub, sirdab.
Etymology: Persian (hence Arabic) serdāb grotto, ice-house, cellar.
a. In Western Asia, a cellar or underground chamber.
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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.
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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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