| 词汇 | tombstone |
| 释义 | tombstone noun[ C ] uk /ˈtuːm.stəʊn/ us /ˈtuːm.stoʊn/ a gravestone墓碑 Synonym headstone YourNikonMan/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Gravestones and monuments bluestone cairn cenotaph colossus epitaph gravestone headstone memorial memorialize monolith monument obelisk rest rest in peaceidiom rip Stonehenge the Eiffel Tower the Statue of Liberty war memorial tombstone | American Dictionarytombstone noun[ C ] us/ˈtumˌstoʊn/(alsogravestone, us/ˈɡreɪvˌstoʊn/); (headstone, us/ˈhedˌstoʊn/) a cut stone with writing on it that marks where a dead person is buried Examples of tombstonetombstone The material text is no less a prison/grave (books, after all, do in their three-dimensional rectangularity evoke prison-houses and tombstones). By that time, each family had its own burial zone where there were tombstones for couples and individuals. He explicitly stated on the tombstone that the grave was a feng shui spot and must never be altered. Associations between status and distinctive forms of apparel may certainly be suggested on the basis of reliefs on royal monuments and tombstones. In the second, the wife died first, and the husband erected a tombstone for her in his family cemetery. Lip-service, or a text on a tombstone, does not do any good whatever, or giving them medals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has to mark it not milestones but tombstones. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many older cemeteries contain tombstones and memorials that have become unstable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is like living in the middle of a graveyard and spending most of your time reading the inscriptions on the tombstones. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I also recall a long delay before a fellow finally got a grant for tools to write inscriptions for tombstones. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He need not worry about his tombstone as long as his soul goes marching on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not make the difference of the inscription on a tombstone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be a tax on tombstones next. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The police have not yet succeeded in tracing the persons who pulled up the tombstones. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, no permission to erect that tombstone seems to have been given yet. 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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