graven
动词 v.
形容词 adj.
英文释义
动词 v.
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past participle of grave
— Deep lines were graven on her pale forehead, and on her wan, thin cheeks.
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To make graven or engraved
— I saw I was not only gravened upon the palms of his hands, or set as a seal upon his arm, but I was pourtrayed upon his heart.
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To make or become grave (serious or sombre)
— Whatever it was that had cast a dark shadow and gravened the faces of those normally ebullient people was much too complicated for me to understand.
形容词 adj.
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carved, engraved
— Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image.
词源
词源 1
From Middle English graven, igraven, from Old English grafen, ġegrafen, from Proto-Germanic *grabanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *grabaną (“to dig, trench”).
词源 2
From graven (adjective) above.
词源 3
Etymology tree
English grave
English -en
English graven
From grave (adjective) + -en.
English grave
English -en
English graven
From grave (adjective) + -en.
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