单词 | tomb |
释义 | tomb —tombal, adj. —tombless, adj. —tomblike, adj. /toohm/, n. 1. an excavation in earth or rock for the burial of a corpse; grave. 2. a mausoleum, burial chamber, or the like. 3. a monument for housing or commemorating a dead person. 4. any sepulchral structure. v.t. 5. to place in or as if in a tomb; entomb; bury. [1225-75; ME tumbe < AF; OF tombe < LL tumba < Gk týmbos burial mound; akin to L tumere to swell. See TUMOR, TUMULUS] |
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