sepulchral

英 [səˈpʌlkrəl]

美 [səˈpʌlkrəl]

adj.  阴沉的; 阴森森的; 死一般的

GRE

BNC.34211 / COCA.34253

牛津词典

adj.

• 阴沉的；阴森森的；死一般的
  looking or sounding sad and serious; making you think of death
  1. He spoke in sepulchral tones.
     他说话语气阴沉。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 阴郁的;阴沉的;非常恐怖的
  Something that issepulchralis serious or sad and rather frightening.
  1. 'He's gone,' Rory whispered in sepulchral tones.
     “他已经走了，”罗里阴沉地小声说道。
• ADJ-GRADED 阴森的;空寂的
  Asepulchralplace is dark, quiet, and empty.
  1. He made his way along the sepulchral corridors.
     他沿着阴森森的走廊走着。

英英释义

adj

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

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