mausoleum

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌmɔː.zəˈliː.əm/    美 /ˌmɔ.səˈli.əm/|/-.zəˈ-/|/ˌmɑ.-/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A large stately tomb or a building housing such a tomb or several tombs.
    — Holonym: cemetery
  2. A gloomy, usually large room or building. broadly
    — As Amazon reaches maximum ubiquity in our lives (“Alexa, play Led Zeppelin”), as online shopping turns malls into mausoleums, it’s been illuminating to see exactly how a package makes the final leg of its journey.

词形变化

mausoleums plural mausolea plural mausolæum alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
mausoleal mausolean

词源

From Middle English mausoleum, from Latin Mausōlēum, from Ancient Greek Μαυσωλεῖον (Mausōleîon, “Mausoleum, the grand tomb built around 353–351 BCE at Halicarnassus for Mausolus, a ruler of Caria and satrap of the Achaemenid Empire; one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World”), from Μαύσωλος (Maúsōlos, “Mausolus”) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”).
By surface analysis, Mausolus + -eum.
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