| 单词 | sepulchral |
| 释义 | sepulchral (once / 3617 pages) adj Something that reminds you of death is sepulchral. A dreary, misty graveyard at night usually feels sepulchral. A sepulchre is a tomb or a crypt — a kind of stone room meant for burying a dead body. Something that's sepulchral reminds you of a sepulchre, either because it looks or feels like an actual tomb, or simply because it makes you think of death or dying. An empty building might be sepulchral, or a gloomy gathering. The Latin root word is sepelire, "to bury or embalm." WORD FAMILYsepulchral: sepulchrally+/sepulchre: sepulchral, sepulchres USAGE EXAMPLESAnd Royal Dano’s sepulchral figure in black, the ever-present reminder of the pilot’s closeness to death, is another too-fanciful character. Los Angeles Times(Dec 08, 2016) There’s a touch of mystery in this sepulchral house, but it’s the riddle of sorrow, not intrigue. Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016) “Death” is a sepulchral parade of images that have distorted and swallowed up the history of African-Americans. New York Times(Nov 13, 2016) 1adj of or relating to a sepulchre sepulchral inscriptions sepulchral monuments in churches 2adj suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial hollow sepulchral tones Syn funereal joyless not experiencing or inspiring joy 3adj gruesomely indicative of death or the dead the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs Syn charnel, ghastly offensive unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses |
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