graves

英 [greɪvz]

美 [greɪvz]

n.  坟墓; 墓穴; 坟头; 死亡; 去世; 逝世
n.  钝重音符; 沉音符; 抑音符
grave的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

Pronounced /greɪv/, except for meaning 5, when it is pronounced /grɑːv/. 义项5读作 /grɑːv/,除此外读作/greɪv/。


• N-COUNT 墓穴；坟墓；埋葬处
  Agraveis a place where a dead person is buried.
  1. They used to visit her grave twice a year.
     他们以前每年去她的墓前凭吊两次。
• N-COUNT 死亡;终结
  You can refer to some-one's death as theirgraveor to death asthe grave.
  1. ...drinking yourself to an early grave...
     纵酒而自折其寿
  2. Most men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency.
     大多数男人宁死都不愿承认有依赖感。
• ADJ-GRADED 严重的；重大的；严峻的
  Agraveevent or situation is very serious, important, and worrying.
  1. He said that the situation in his country is very grave...
     他说他的国家情况十分危急。
  2. I have grave doubts that the documents tell the whole story.
     我对这些文件能否说明所有的问题深表怀疑。
• ADJ-GRADED 严肃的；表情沉重的
  Agraveperson is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour.
  1. William was up on the roof for some time and when he came down he looked grave...
     威廉在屋顶上呆了一段时间，他下来的时候面色凝重。
  2. Anxiously, she examined his unusually grave face.
     她忐忑不安地审视着他异常严肃的脸色。
• . 重音符;抑音符;沉音符
  In some languages such as French, agraveaccent is a symbol that is placed over a vowel in a word to show how the vowel is pronounced. For example, the word 'mère' has a grave accent over the first 'e'
• PHRASE 自掘坟墓；自取灭亡
  If you say that someoneis diggingtheirown grave, you are warning them that they are doing something foolish or dangerous that will cause their own failure.
  1. The magazine isn't trying to ruin his career, the man's digging his own grave by refusing an interview.
     这份杂志并非想断送他的事业，而他拒绝接受采访就是在自毁前程。
• PHRASE 九泉之下不得安宁
  If you say that someone who is dead wouldturn intheirgrave atsomething that is happening now, you mean that they would be very shocked or upset by it, if they were alive.
  1. Darwin must be turning in his grave at the thought of what is being perpetrated in his name.
     一想到冒他之名所做下的那些事，达尔文在九泉之下一定不得安宁。
• from the cradle to the grave→ see:cradle

英英释义

noun

• English writer known for his interest in mythology and in the classics (1895-1985)
  Synonym:Robert GravesRobert Ranke Graves

双语例句

• On this day, the whole family visit the graves of their deceased relatives and ancestors.
  这一天，全家人会到过世的亲人和祖先的坟墓。
• Then Obama was to spend some time along at his father's and grandfather's graves.
  随后，奥巴马要花些时间去看看父亲和祖父的坟墓。
• But in order to get bodies to dissect they had to steal them by night from gallows or graves.
  但为了得到解剖用的尸体，他们不得不深更半夜到绞架台或墓地偷尸。
• Graves had been opened in the cemetry and remains scattered about.
  格拉夫的墓地被打开了，遗体散落各处。
• We buried our dead comrades at the top of the mountain and put three large rocks on their graves.
  我们在山顶埋葬了牺牲的战友并且放了三块大石头在他们的墓地上。
• There are many graves in the grave yard.
  在坟场里有许多坟墓。
• They are digging their own graves, and they have no right to blame fate or other people.
  自家掘坑自家埋，怨天尤人全是错误的。
• Someone who steals valuables from graves or crypts.
  从坟墓或地下室里偷取贵重物品的人。
• Both graves are covered in pine needles from the trees above.
  两座墓都被树上掉下的松针覆盖着。
• Graves are a mix of gravels, clay and sand carried out by the river.
  它混合着碎石、土和河流带来的沙子。