Catacomb
['kætəkuːm;-kəʊm]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome).
編輯:思朋斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural.
伯尼編輯
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Crypt, vault, tomb.
編輯:摩尔
解釋/意思:
n. a subterranean excavation used as a burial-place esp. the famous Catacombs near Rome where many of the early Christian victims of persecution were buried: any place built with crypt-like recesses for storing books wine &c.—adj. Cat′acumbal.
奥罗拉編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- We have been in the catacombs. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The ruins of Caesar's Palace, Pompey's Pillar, Cleopatra's Needle, the Catacombs, and ruins of ancient Alexandria will be found worth the visit. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- We did not go through all the passages of all the catacombs. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- In the catacombs were buried St. Cecilia, St. Agnes, and several other of the most celebrated of the saints. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- A careful estimate makes the length of the passages of all the catacombs combined foot up nine hundred miles, and their graves number seven millions. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- One Pope afterward spent his entire pontificate in the catacombs--eight years. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
錄入:朱迪思