单词 | mausoleum |
释义 | mausoleum/ˌmɔːsəˈlɪəm / /ˌmɔːzəˈlɪəm/noun (plural mausolea /ˌmɔːsəˈlɪə/ /ˌmɔːzəˈlɪə/ or mausoleums) A stately or impressive building housing a tomb or group of tombs: the cathedral was built in 1517 as a royal mausoleum figurative a cultural mausoleum such as the Tate...
Synonyms tomb, sepulchre, crypt, vault, charnel house, burial chamber, catacomb, undercroft OriginLate 15th century: via Latin from Greek Mausōleion, from Mausōlos, the name of a king of Caria (4th century bc), to whose tomb in Halicarnassus the name was originally applied.
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