英语单词 | grave |
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英美音标 | 英 [ɡreiv] 美 [ɡreiv] |
中文释义 | n.坟墓;死亡 adj.严肃的;严重的;庄重的 v.雕刻;铭记; |
英语例句 | (1) She laid the bouquet on the newly turfed grave. (2) You are just digging your own grave if you go on smoking so heavily. (3) His face was grave when I told him my decision. (4) The situation poses a grave threat to world peace. (5) He announced the news in a grave voice. |
中文例句 | (1) 她把那束花放置在新铺上草皮的坟墓上。 (2) 你继续这样过度吸烟,就是在自掘坟墓。 (3) 当我告诉他我的决定时,他的脸色很严肃。 (4) 这局势对世界和平构成了严重的威胁。 (5) 他用庄重的声音宣布这一消息。 |
vocabulary简明 | A grave is the place where a body is buried. Usually, a grave is dug in the ground, and a stone with information about the deceased person marks its location. |
vocabulary扩展 | Grave is used as an adjective, too. It can describe something serious, or of great importance. If a situation is grave, it is serious and sad, like when a loved one is very sick. Grave can also describe causing fear or anxiety. If you are in grave danger, your personal safety is threatened. If you have a grave personality, you are solemn and dignified and don't joke around very much. |
柯林斯解释 | Pronounced /greɪv/, except for meaning 5, when it is pronounced /grɑːv/. 义项5读作 /grɑːv/,除此外读作/greɪv/。 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]墓穴;坟墓;埋葬处 A grave is a place where a dead person is buried.
2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]死亡;终结 You can refer to some-one's death as their grave or to death as the grave . [oft
3 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]严重的;重大的;严峻的 A grave event or situation is very serious, important, and worrying.
gravely
4 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]严肃的;表情沉重的 A grave person is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour.
gravely
5 [ADJ 形容词]. 重音符;抑音符;沉音符 In some languages such as French, a grave accent 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' [ADJ n] 6 [PHRASE 短语]自掘坟墓;自取灭亡 If you say that someone is digging their own grave, you are warning them that they are doing something foolish or dangerous that will cause their own failure. [V and N inflect]
7 [PHRASE 短语]九泉之下不得安宁 If you say that someone who is dead would turn in their grave at something that is happening now, you mean that they would be very shocked or upset by it, if they were alive. [V and N inflect]
8 from the cradle to the grave→see: cradle ; |
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