单词	sarcophagus
释义	sarcophagussar‧coph‧a‧gus /sɑːˈkɒfəɡəs $ sɑːrˈkɑː-/ noun (plural sarcophagi /-ɡaɪ/) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsarcophagus Origin: 1600-1700 Latin sarcophagus (lapis) ‘stone for making coffins’, from Greek (lithos) sarkophagos ‘flesh-eating stone’, from sarx ‘flesh’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But they win often enough that the sarcophagus in the classroom is slowly filling up with symbols of each victory. Catherine of Siena enshrined in the artistic golden sarcophagus which has been admired by succeeding generations of her clients. In the centre stood a sarcophagus. Stylianos Alexiou describes pictures on a sarcophagus that show music being played at a bull sacrifice. The sarcophagus can be decorated in as much detail as you like, and could be painted quite elaborately. The Agia Triadha sarcophagus shows birds perched on double-axes, indicating the presence of a deity. The building of the now leaking sarcophagus alone cost an astonishing amount of money, on the best estimate available. word sets WORD SETS► Death 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 a decorated stone box for a dead body, used in ancient times
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