tombstone

英 [ˈtuːmstəʊn]

美 [ˈtuːmstoʊn]

n.  墓碑

复数：tombstones　

GRE经济

Collins.1 / BNC.19277 / COCA.13593

牛津词典

noun

• 墓碑
  a large, flat stone that lies over a grave or stands at one end, that shows the name, age, etc. of the person buried there

柯林斯词典

• 墓碑;墓石
  Atombstoneis a large stone with words carved into it, which is placed on a grave.

英英释义

noun

• a stone that is used to mark a grave
  Synonym:gravestoneheadstone

双语例句

• I saw a tombstone bearing the date 1602.
  我见到一块刻有1602年字样的墓碑。
• Look at any tombstone and you will see what I mean.
  当看到墓碑的时候，你将会明白的我意思。
• A place for the burial of a corpse ( especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone).
  埋葬尸体的地方，特别指埋在地表下且有墓石作标志。
• May he rest in peace, eg carved as an inscription on sb's tombstone.
  愿他安息（如刻於墓碑上的字样）。
• The tombstone was lichenous and crumbling. Some great empires have crumbled and fallen.
  墓碑长满了地衣，已在崩落。一些大帝国已崩溃衰落了。
• The second stage will fail if a mailbox is already listed in a database's mailbox tombstone table.
  如果邮箱已经在数据库的邮箱tombstone表中列出，则第二阶段将会失败。
• We'll put that on your tombstone.
  我们会在你的墓碑上写上。
• Thus she will be a living sermon against sin, until the ignominious letter be engraved upon her tombstone.
  这样她就成了告诫人们抵制罪恶的活训条了，直到那个耻辱的字母刻到她的墓碑上为止。
• A lawyer named Strange was shopping for a tombstone.
  一个姓Strange的律师去买墓碑。
• A tombstone is erected in memory of whoever it commemorates.
  墓碑是为纪念它所纪念的人而建的。