grave
noun [ C ] uk/ɡreɪv/ us/ɡreɪv/
B1 坟墓,墓穴,埋葬处
a place in the ground where a dead person is buried
a mass grave 万人坑
an unmarked grave 无名墓
a grave digger 掘墓者
He visits his mother's grave every Sunday. 他每个星期天都去他母亲墓上祭奠。
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- They lowered the coffin into the grave.
- She died penniless and was buried in an unmarked grave.
- One can only hope that his unquiet spirit found some peace in the grave.
- Sometimes I think these children are going to drive me to an early grave!
- Many of the soldiers were interred in unmarked graves.
Idioms
beyond the graveidiom 死后
after death
Do you think there's life beyond the grave? 你认为人死后有来生吗?
turn in your graveidiom UK (US turn/roll over in your grave) 在九泉之下也不得安宁;气得(或由于不安)在坟墓中辗转反侧;将死人气活
If you say that a dead person would turn in their grave, you mean that they would be very angry or upset about something.
She'd turn in her grave if she knew what he was spending his inheritance on. 如果得知他是如何挥霍她留下的遗产的,她在九泉之下也不得安宁。
grave
adjective uk/ɡreɪv/ us/ɡreɪv/
严重的,重大的,严峻的
seriously bad
a grave situation 严峻的形势