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单词

sarcophagus

读音
sɑːrˈkɑːfəɡəs
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释义

n. (雕刻精美的)石棺;(古希腊人用来制石棺的)大理石 [ 复数 sarcophagi或sarcophaguses ]

例句

One sarcophagus was still sealed.
其中一具石棺仍然密封着。
A project to build a new sarcophagus over the damaged reactor lacks funds.
在这座已损毁了的反应堆上建新石棺的工程缺乏资金。
Sands still half-cover the newfound Greco-Roman sarcophagus, shown in mid-excavation.
沙子仍然半覆盖着新发现的希腊-罗马式的石棺,如同挖掘中所示的那样。

强化记忆

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Mysteries of vernacular:Sarcophagus,a stone coffin typically adorned
with decorative carvings or inscriptions.The history of the word sarcophagusis so skin-crawlingly grotesque,
as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima,and the sarcophagus, which is the coveringover reactor number four,
and it was this image.The image carved into the sarcophagus lid of the Maya king Pakalaround his death in 683 AD.
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