| 词汇 | headstone |
| 释义 | headstone noun[ C ] uk /ˈhed.stəʊn/ us /ˈhed.stoʊn/ a large stone that is put at one end of a grave with the name of the person who has died and other details such as the year they died墓碑 Compare gravestone tombstone See also stonenoun(ROCK) digitalhallway/E+/GettyImages Gravestones and monuments bluestone cairn cenotaph colossus epitaph gravestone memorial memorialize monolith monument obelisk rest rest in peaceidiom rip Stonehenge the Eiffel Tower the Statue of Liberty tombstone war memorial headstone | American Dictionaryheadstone noun[ C ] us/ˈhedˌstoʊn/ a tombstone Examples of headstoneheadstone This note sets on record information concerning the headstone of his grave. For instance, some of the headstones surmounted by a blas' looking angel in a whitish e nightie look particularly awful. The headstones are varied, but mostly in varying degrees of ugliness. Schwatka's headstone is small, when compared to others and especially with those of his parents who died before him. Hart's rule of recognition achieves this by being a kind of necessary headstone for the legal system. However, evidence through historical aerial photographs and headstones on graves within the scheduled lands show that burials have taken place within the past 30 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Permanent headstones for all these graves are on order, and should be delivered this month. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No satisfactory cruciform headstone has yet been devised which comes within the limits which are necessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should explain that there is no question of the symbol of the cross not appearing on the headstone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that his complaint was so much about the line of headstones as against a line of headstones of a similar character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That imposes physical limitations upon the size of the headstones, and those limitations in themselves react upon the form of the headstone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not bearing so much on the question of headstones, or on the character of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The remaining undamaged original headstones, which have been kept in storage, are currently being examined with a view to their reuse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can come up with three reasons why so many headstones fail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The council was concerned that the headstones were potentially unsafe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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