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单词 tomb
释义
tombtomb /tuːm/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtomb
Origin:
1100-1200 Anglo-French tumbe, from Late Latin tumba ‘pile of earth under which a body is buried’, from Greek tymbos
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • the tomb of Saint Francis
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Her body was taken to Sicily by three women, where the afflicted have been cured at her tomb for centuries.
  • Here also is the celebrated tomb of Saint Xavier.
  • His patronage is due to the high recovery rate of hernia sufferers at his tomb.
  • I went back to Ralemberg's house but it was all sealed up like a tomb so I left it alone.
  • Once it used to be just child psychology but we now know that we develop all the time from womb to tomb.
  • Strong traces of radioactivity were discovered in the tombs, which is credited with having arrested dissolution.
  • There was more to this, when Sammler was boarding in the tomb.
  • This made my delight at finding King Felin's tomb all the more great.
word sets
WORD SETS
asphyxia, nounautopsy, nounbarrow, nounbequeath, verbbereaved, adjectivebereavement, nounbier, nounbody bag, nounbody count, nounburial, nounbury, verbcasket, nouncatacomb, nouncatafalque, nouncemetery, nouncenotaph, nouncharnel house, nounchurchyard, nouncoffin, nouncommittal, nouncondolence, nouncoroner, nouncorpse, nouncortege, nouncot death, nouncremate, verbcrematorium, nouncrib death, nouncrucifixion, nouncrucify, verbcrypt, noundeath mask, noundemise, noundeparted, adjectiveD.O.A., adjectivedrown, verbembalm, verbend, nounepitaph, nouneulogy, nounexhume, verbexpire, verbfatality, nounfuneral, nounfunerary, adjectivefunereal, adjectivegrave, noungravedigger, noungravestone, noungraveyard, nounheadstone, nounhearse, nounhospice, nouninter, verbinterment, nounmausoleum, nounmorgue, nounmortality, nounmortician, nounmortuary, nounmortuary, adjectivemourner, nounmourning, nounmummify, verbmummy, nounnecrophilia, nounobsequies, nounpall, nounpallbearer, nounpassing, nounperish, verbplot, nounprobate, nounprobate, verbpyre, nounquietus, nounremains, nounrest, verbrigor mortis, nounRIP, rise, verbsarcophagus, nounsepulchre, nounshroud, nounthrenody, nountoll, nountomb, nountombstone, nountumulus, nounundertaker, nounundertaking, nounurn, nounvault, nounwake, nounwar memorial, nounwill, nounwinding sheet, nounwreath, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· There's an underground tunnel that goes from here to an empty tomb in the churchyard.· Mark records the women's reaction upon finding the Empty tomb as that of Fear.· Against the old wall was an empty stone tomb.
· It is a lovely spot, in between the lake where the boys go swimming and a lot of old royal tombs.· Many artefacts decorated in this way have been found in royal tombs on the mainland.· The dust swirled around the royal tombs and sat in a pall over the lake.
VERB
· In the Mesara Plain the built tombs were usually circular.· This mausoleum was built to house her tomb but it is empty now.
· Mark records the women's reaction upon finding the Empty tomb as that of Fear.· Tom found the tomb vastly amusing.· In the Churchyard you will find the tomb of his employer William Sanderson.· Large bull hems have been found in tombs in Sardinia.· In the body of the adjoining church you will find the impressive tomb of Martim Mendes Vasconselos, son-in-law of Zarco.· An inscription bearing this monogram was found in a tomb at Pompeii, dating from two and a half centuries before.· Many artefacts decorated in this way have been found in royal tombs on the mainland.· Among the wooden objects found in the tombs there are also traces of wheeled vehicles such as three-piece disc wheels and hubs.
· After several days, when the sisters visited the tomb, the fragrance was still there.
a stone structure above or below the ground where a dead person is buried:  the family tomb
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