entomb

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To deposit (a corpse) in a tomb. transitive
    — At Cihhu (Cihu), near the town of Dasi (Daxi), 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Taipei on Provincial Highway 7, Chiang Kai-shek lies entombed above ground in a granite and marble coffin in one of his former country villas. The gravesite is “temporary,” as before his death Chiang had requested his body be returned to his native province of Zhejiang in mainland China.
  2. To confine (someone or something) in restrictive surroundings. figuratively,transitive
    — You mocking Birds (quoth ſhe) your tunes intombe / VVithin your hollovv ſvvelling feathered breaſts, / […] / Raliſh your nimble notes to pleaſing eares, / Diſtres likes dũps vvhẽ [dumps when] time is kept vvith teares.

词形变化

entombs present,singular,third-person entombing participle,present entombed participle,past entombed past intomb alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
disentomb entomber entombment unentombed

词源

From Old French entomber (“deposit in a tomb”). Equivalent to en- + tomb.
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