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grave a.严峻的；n.墓穴 grave (n.) Old English græf "grave, ditch, cave," from Proto-Germanic *graban (cognates: Old Saxon graf, Old Frisian gref, Old High German grab "grave, tomb;" Old Norse gröf "cave," Gothic graba "ditch"), from PIE root *ghrebh- (2) "to dig, to scratch, to scrape" (source also of Old Church Slavonic grobu "grave, tomb"); related to Old English grafan "to dig" (see grave (v.))."The normal mod. representation of OE. græf would be graff; the ME. disyllable grave, from which the standard mod. form descends, was prob. due to the especially frequent occurrence of the word in the dat. (locative) case. [OED]From Middle Ages to 17c., they were temporary, crudely marked repositories from which the bones were removed to ossuaries after some years and the grave used for a fresh burial. "Perpetual graves" became common from c.1650. To make (someone) turn in his grave "behave in some way that would have offended the dead person" is first recorded 1888.grave (adj.) 1540s, from Middle French grave (14c.), from Latin gravis "weighty, serious, heavy, grievous, oppressive," from PIE root *gwere- (2) "heavy" (cognates: Sanskrit guruh "heavy, weighty, venerable;" Greek baros "weight," barys "heavy in weight," often with the notion of "strength, force;" Old English cweorn "quern;" Gothic kaurus "heavy;" Lettish gruts "heavy"). Greek barys (opposed to kouphos) also was used figuratively, of suffering, sorrow, sobbing, and could mean "oppressive, burdensome, grave, dignified, impressive." The noun meaning "accent mark over a vowel" is c.1600, from French.grave (v.) "to engrave," Old English grafan (medial -f- pronounced as "v" in Old English; past tense grof, past participle grafen) "to dig, carve, dig up," from Proto-Germanic *grabanan (cognates: Old Norse grafa, Old Frisian greva, Dutch graven, Old High German graban, German graben, Gothic graban "to dig, carve"), from the same source as grave (n.). Its Middle English strong past participle, graven, is the only part still active, the rest of the word supplanted by its derivative, engrave. 【记】音：鬼屋，死鬼呆的屋→坟墓；严重，庄重，颜色灰暗，雕刻；这些词意都与坟墓有关系：谁谁去世了，入葬(坟墓)时是庄重严肃的，气氛是凝重灰暗的，坟墓上还雕刻着墓志铭；【相关】grieve 悲痛, carve 雕刻，cave 洞, 穴，excavation 挖

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[greiv] 【英】 adj. 严峻的(needing careful consideration);【考】 反义词: droll(滑稽的); giddy(轻率的); insignificant(不重 要的)【记】 来自词根:grav(重) adj. 严峻的, 重大的(需要严肃思考的); 庄严的, 庄重的; n 墓穴【根】grav重【反】droll(adj 滑稽的); giddy(adj 轻率的)读: 极低; insignificant(adj 无关紧要的); flippancy(adj 无礼; 轻率)

单词	grave
音标	[greiv]
解释	a.严峻的；n.墓穴
红宝书	【英】 adj. 严峻的(needing careful consideration); 【考】反义词: droll(滑稽的); giddy(轻率的); insignificant(不重要的) 【记】来自词根:grav(重)
字源	grave (n.) Old English græf "grave, ditch, cave," from Proto-Germanic graban (cognates: Old Saxon graf, Old Frisian gref, Old High German grab "grave, tomb;" Old Norse gröf "cave," Gothic graba "ditch"), from PIE root ghrebh- (2) "to dig, to scratch, to scrape" (source also of Old Church Slavonic grobu "grave, tomb"); related to Old English grafan "to dig" (see grave (v.)). "The normal mod. representation of OE. græf would be graff; the ME. disyllable grave, from which the standard mod. form descends, was prob. due to the especially frequent occurrence of the word in the dat. (locative) case. [OED] From Middle Ages to 17c., they were temporary, crudely marked repositories from which the bones were removed to ossuaries after some years and the grave used for a fresh burial. "Perpetual graves" became common from c.1650. To make (someone) turn in his grave "behave in some way that would have offended the dead person" is first recorded 1888. grave (adj.) 1540s, from Middle French grave (14c.), from Latin gravis "weighty, serious, heavy, grievous, oppressive," from PIE root gwere- (2) "heavy" (cognates: Sanskrit guruh "heavy, weighty, venerable;" Greek baros "weight," barys "heavy in weight," often with the notion of "strength, force;" Old English cweorn "quern;" Gothic kaurus "heavy;" Lettish gruts "heavy"). Greek barys (opposed to kouphos) also was used figuratively, of suffering, sorrow, sobbing, and could mean "oppressive, burdensome, grave, dignified, impressive." The noun meaning "accent mark over a vowel" is c.1600, from French. grave (v.) "to engrave," Old English grafan (medial -f- pronounced as "v" in Old English; past tense grof, past participle grafen) "to dig, carve, dig up," from Proto-Germanic grabanan (cognates: Old Norse grafa, Old Frisian greva, Dutch graven, Old High German graban, German graben, Gothic graban "to dig, carve"), from the same source as grave (n.). Its Middle English strong past participle, graven, is the only part still active, the rest of the word supplanted by its derivative, engrave.
不择手段背单词	adj. 严峻的, 重大的(需要严肃思考的); 庄严的, 庄重的; n 墓穴【根】grav重【反】droll(adj 滑稽的); giddy(adj 轻率的)读: 极低; insignificant(adj 无关紧要的); flippancy(adj 无礼; 轻率)
趣味全助记	【记】音：鬼屋，死鬼呆的屋→坟墓；严重，庄重，颜色灰暗，雕刻；这些词意都与坟墓有关系：谁谁去世了，入葬(坟墓)时是庄重严肃的，气氛是凝重灰暗的，坟墓上还雕刻着墓志铭；【相关】grieve 悲痛, carve 雕刻，cave 洞, 穴，excavation 挖

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