grave1
KK: [ɡrеv]
DJ: [ɡrеiv]
n.
- 墓穴；埋葬處[C]
- 死亡[the S]
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Is there life beyond the
grave?
死後還有生命嗎？
vt.
- 雕刻
- 銘記
片語
dig one's own grave
- 自毀生計
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He has
dug his own grave.
他是自毀生計。
make sb. turn in his grave
- 使某人在九泉之下大為震驚
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His behavior would
make his parents turn in their graves.
他的行為會令他死去的父母在九泉之下不得安寧的。
(as) silent as the grave
- 寂靜無聲的
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They were
silent as the grave.
他們靜默著，一言不發。
辨析
grave1
n.
a hole dug in the ground to receive a coffin or corpse.
▸
(the grave)
death.
Phrase
- dig one's own grave
do something foolish which causes one's downfall. - turn
(N. Amer. also roll over or turn over)
in one's grave
(of a dead person) be thought of as angry or distressed about something had they been alive.
Etymology
OE græf, of Gmc origin.
grave2
adj.
- giving cause for alarm or concern.
- solemn or serious.
Derivative
- gravely adv.
- graveness n.
Etymology
C15: from OFr. grave or L. gravis ‘heavy, serious’.
grave3
v.
(past part. graven or graved)
- archaic engrave (an inscription or image) on a surface.
- literary fix indelibly in the mind.
Etymology
OE grafan ‘dig’, of Gmc origin; rel. to grave1 and groove.
grave4
v.
historical clean (a ship's bottom) by burning off the accretions and then tarring it.
Etymology
ME: perh. from Fr. dial. grave, var. of OFr. greve ‘shore’.
