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

• An inscription on a tombstone or monument in memory of the person buried there.
  刻在墓碑或纪念碑上的碑铭用来纪念埋葬于此的人们。
• They inscribed his name on his tombstone.
  他们把他的名字刻在他的墓碑上。
• Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone.
  文森特赫然耸现在我面前，面色灰白得像一块墓碑。
• It's a tombstone in Normandy from a British Army Officer's grave.
  这个墓碑来源于诺曼底，一个英国军官。
• 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。
• Eventually the number of stones diminished until only one stone, the tombstone, was left as a reminder of the ancient superstition.
  最后石头的数量失散的只剩下一块了，这块墓碑，成为了封建迷信的一个见证。
• 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）。
• Cedric is murdered, Harry is tied to the tombstone.
  塞德里克被杀死，哈利被绑在墓碑上。
• Ching Ming Festival this year, I made a tombstone for his father, written on the inscription, recording our fourth sister of the grief of parents.
  今年清明节，我给父亲立下墓碑，写上碑文，记录我们姐第四个对父母的哀思。
• I saw a tombstone bearing the date 1602.
  我见到一块刻有1602年字样的墓碑。