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单词 catacomb
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catacomb
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Use the noun catacomb to talk about an old underground cemetery. The most famous catacombs were built by the ancient Romans.
You're most likely to come across this word in its plural form, catacombs, and it's almost always used in the context of the ancient Roman empire. A catacomb is shaped like a long tunnel, with space for bodies to be buried, often in tombs. The root word is the Late Latin catacumbae, which refers to one specific catacomb under the Appian Way in ancient Rome, in which the Biblical apostles Peter and Paul are said to be buried.
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catacomb: catacombs
USAGE EXAMPLES
In Beth Gill’s “Catacomb,” performed at the Chocolate Factory in May, that pull was inexorable.
New York Times(Dec 07, 2016)
If you want to visit a catacomb, head to Europe; there are no ossuaries or catacombs in America.
Los Angeles Times(Oct 27, 2016)
“It feels like a lost city in there, like a catacomb in Rome,” says Ramsey.
Wall Street Journal(Oct 27, 2016)
n an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome)
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tunnel
a passageway through or under something, usually underground (especially one for trains or cars)
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