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sepulchral

英[sɪ'pʌlkr(ə)l] 美[sə'pʌlkrəl]
  • adj. 阴森森的;坟墓的,丧葬的

英英释意


1. of or relating to a sepulchre;
"sepulchral inscriptions"
"sepulchral monuments in churches"
2. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead;
"a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"
"ghastly shrieks"
"the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"
3. suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial;
"funereal gloom"
"hollow sepulchral tones"