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单词 charnel house
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charnel house

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Deathcharnel housechar‧nel house /ˈtʃɑːnl haʊs $ ˈtʃɑːr-/ noun [countable]  literaryMX a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are storedExamples from the Corpuscharnel houseOut of the gloom emerge the later paintings, charnel house visions of desolation.In the charnel house the hospital had become, Minnie died too.Athelstan caught a glimpse of the two lepers, shrouded in their hoods near the charnel house.Origin charnel house (1500-1600) French charnel, from Medieval Latin carnale, from Late Latin carnalis; → CARNAL
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