Word · CEFR B1 · Frequency #3630
grave
坟墓；墓穴
核心释义
a place where a dead body is buried; a place of burial
- 1.
埋葬用的地穴
An excavation in the earth as a place of burial.
- 2.
重音符号,符号`
A grave accent, the diacritic mark `.
- 3.
一个人的死亡
death of a person
- 4.
任何安葬之地
Any place of interment.
- 5.
埋葬尸体的地方(尤其是地下,通常有墓碑标记)
a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone)
- 6.
包含一个或多个尸体的地方
Any place containing one or more corpses.
- 7.
放在元音上方的符号(`),表示发音
a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- 8.
死亡,毁灭
Death, destruction.
- 9.
死者；已故的人
Deceased people; the dead.
死亡；毁灭；死者；亡者；抑音符；钝音符；埋葬用的地穴；重音符号,符号`
用法In use
They visited his grave every year on the anniversary of his death.
用法提示：名词"grave"指埋葬地点。
The writing on the grave was barely readable after so many years.
用法提示：名词"grave"指坟墓本身。
Archaeologists discovered a hidden grave containing ancient artifacts.
用法提示：名词"grave"指埋葬处。
he went to his grave without forgiving me
from cradle to grave
he put flowers on his mother's grave
in a grave
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- dig a grave
- 挖墓穴
- The workers dug a grave for the ceremony.工人们为仪式挖了一个墓穴。
- visit a grave
- 扫墓
- She visits her grandmother's grave every year.她每年都去祖母的墓前扫墓。
- grave site
- 墓地
- The grave site was covered with flowers.墓地上铺满了鲜花。
- mass grave
- 万人坑
- The discovery of a mass grave shocked the nation.发现了一个万人坑，震惊了全国。
- beyond the grave
- 死后
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
grave 音似 '给入坟'，联想：给一个人入土为安的坟墓。
语境与语域Context & Register
grave作为名词意为'墓穴'，语境中性偏正式，常见于书面语及日常对话，通常与介词in连用。
语法说明Grammar Note
可数名词
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
Words rhyming with grave: cave, save, wave, brave, shave (all /eɪv/). The word 'have' ends in 'ave' but is pronounced /hæv/, not rhyming.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
用法优先级Usage priority
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