英语词汇“sepulchral”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sepulchral

/sɪˈpʌlkr(ə)l

adjective

1Relating to a tomb or interment: sepulchral monuments...

Now our stone may differ a little from the general run of Holed Stones found in many of the sepulchral monuments to be found in Western Europe to India.
One is reminded of the painted marble disc of the doctor Aineas, of late Archaic date, but that almost certainly was a sepulchral monument, and in any case can never have been mounted on a pillar in this fashion.
The tenuous suggestion that Stonehenge may thus be a sepulchral monument, is perhaps strengthened by the large number of burial mounds in the surrounding landscape.

1.1Gloomy; dismal: a speech delivered in sepulchral tones...

Lee's sepulchral tones and commanding presence made the architect of evil a character to relish.
He speaks in resigned, sepulchral tones, and seems to have a strange affinity toward shadows and corners.
He has a point: it would hardly be right to wear a sparkly suit and tight trousers while singing stark, sepulchral songs about death, pain and sorrow in a voice like the wind whistling through his old Appalachian bones.

Synonyms

gloomy, lugubrious, sombre, melancholy, melancholic, sad, sorrowful, mournful, doleful, mirthless, cheerless, joyless, funereal, dismal

literary dolorous

Derivatives

sepulchrally

adverb ...

‘Beauty is only skin deep,’ said Genevieve sepulchrally, cutting a pancake into little bits for her infant son, who seemed distinctly disinterested.
‘I've been lying for all I'm worth,’ he added sepulchrally as we reached the bottom of the steps.
"He hates me," Mary Rose said sepulchrally, slamming her paper face-down on the desk.

Origin

Early 17th century: from French sépulchral or Latin sepulchralis, from sepulcrum (see sepulchre).

单词	sepulchral
释义	sepulchral /sɪˈpʌlkr(ə)l / adjective 1Relating to a tomb or interment: sepulchral monuments... Now our stone may differ a little from the general run of Holed Stones found in many of the sepulchral monuments to be found in Western Europe to India. One is reminded of the painted marble disc of the doctor Aineas, of late Archaic date, but that almost certainly was a sepulchral monument, and in any case can never have been mounted on a pillar in this fashion. The tenuous suggestion that Stonehenge may thus be a sepulchral monument, is perhaps strengthened by the large number of burial mounds in the surrounding landscape. 1.1Gloomy; dismal: a speech delivered in sepulchral tones... Lee's sepulchral tones and commanding presence made the architect of evil a character to relish. He speaks in resigned, sepulchral tones, and seems to have a strange affinity toward shadows and corners. He has a point: it would hardly be right to wear a sparkly suit and tight trousers while singing stark, sepulchral songs about death, pain and sorrow in a voice like the wind whistling through his old Appalachian bones. Synonyms gloomy, lugubrious, sombre, melancholy, melancholic, sad, sorrowful, mournful, doleful, mirthless, cheerless, joyless, funereal, dismal literary dolorous Derivatives sepulchrally adverb ... ‘Beauty is only skin deep,’ said Genevieve sepulchrally, cutting a pancake into little bits for her infant son, who seemed distinctly disinterested. ‘I've been lying for all I'm worth,’ he added sepulchrally as we reached the bottom of the steps. "He hates me," Mary Rose said sepulchrally, slamming her paper face-down on the desk. Origin Early 17th century: from French sépulchral or Latin sepulchralis, from sepulcrum (see sepulchre).
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