| 单词 | grave |
| 释义 | Word Frequency grave 1(ɡreɪv) noun 1. a place for the burial of a corpse, esp beneath the ground and usually marked by a tombstone ▶ Related adjective: sepulchral2. something resembling a grave or resting place the ship went to its grave 3. the grave 4. have one foot in the grave 5. to make someone turn in their grave Word origin Old English græf; related to Old Frisian gref, Old High German grab, Old Slavonic grobǔ; see grave3Word Frequency grave 2(ɡreɪv) adjective 1. serious and solemn a grave look 2. full of or suggesting danger a grave situation 3. important; crucial grave matters of state 4. (of colours) sober or dull 5. (ɡrɑːv) phonetics a. (of a vowel or syllable in some languages with a pitch accent, such as ancient Greek) spoken on a lower or falling musical pitch relative to neighbouring syllables or vowels b. of or relating to an accent (`) over vowels, denoting a pronunciation with lower or falling musical pitch (as in ancient Greek), with a certain special quality (as in French), or in a manner that gives the vowel status as a syllable nucleus not usually possessed by it in that position (as in English agèd) Compare acute (sense 8), circumflex noun 6. a grave accent Derived forms gravely (ˈgravely) adverb graveness (ˈgraveness) noun Word origin C16: from Old French, from Latin gravis; related to Greek barus heavy; see gravamenWord Frequency grave 3(ɡreɪv) verbWord forms: graves, graving, graved, graved or graven (transitive) archaic 1. to cut, carve, sculpt, or engrave 2. to fix firmly in the mind Word origin Old English grafan; related to Old Norse grafa, Old High German graban to digWord Frequency grave 4(ɡreɪv) verb (transitive) nautical to clean and apply a coating of pitch to (the bottom of a vessel) Word origin C15: perhaps from Old French grave gravelWord Frequency grave 5(ˈɡrɑːvɪ) adjective, adverb music to be performed in a solemn manner Word origin C17: from Italian: heavy, from Latin gravis |
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