| 词汇 | sepulchre |
| 释义 | sepulchre noun[ C ] old use(US alsosepulcher)uk /ˈsep.əl.kər/ us /ˈsep.əl.kɚ/ a stone structure where someone is buried石墓 Places where bodies are buried or cremated burial ground catacomb cemetery charnel house churchyard columbarium crematorium crematory crypt grave graveside graveyard mausoleum necropolis ossuary pyre resting place the pyramidsphrase tomb vault Examples of sepulchresepulchre The focal point of the first is the sepulchre and effigy, that of the second a trio of holy martyrs. It is another piece of irrelevant malice exhumed from its putrid sepulchre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are entombed in the urns and sepulchres of mortality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It now seems they are to become whited sepulchres. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should in fact in this respect be a whited sepulchre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have doubtless not yet pried open all the whited sepulchres in which the bones of dead ventures still lie hidden. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To whitewash a sepulchre is not therefore to remove it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is quite convenient; the whited sepulchres are not there today! From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English But is not this something of a sermon addressed from a pulpit which is a whited sepulchre? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It may have art galleries, universities and culture, but if it has not homes for its people it is a whited sepulchre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But there is a good deal of the whited sepulchre about our general attitude. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This is a very good example of that whited sepulchre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the ground for digging these pretensions out of their ancient sepulchres? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These delightful boys, these whited sepulchres who always come here shrieking at the top of their voices on behalf of the working-classes, say that a six-hours working day is sufficient. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These places inside are practically sepulchres. 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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