Catacomb
['kætəkuːm;-kəʊm]
解释:
(noun.) an underground tunnel with recesses where bodies were buried (as in ancient Rome).
编辑:思朋斯--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural.
伯尼编辑
同义词及近义词:
n. Crypt, vault, tomb.
编辑:摩尔
解释:
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.
奥罗拉编辑
例句:
- We have been in the catacombs. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- 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. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- We did not go through all the passages of all the catacombs. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- In the catacombs were buried St. Cecilia, St. Agnes, and several other of the most celebrated of the saints. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- 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. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- One Pope afterward spent his entire pontificate in the catacombs--eight years. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
录入:朱迪思