Mausoleum



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.陵墓
• ［英］ n.陵墓 ( monumental tomb; large stately tomb)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -leums or mausolea)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Latin, from Greek mausōleion, from Mausōlos Mausolus died ab 353 B.C., ruler of Caria
• Date: 15th century
• 1. a large tomb; especially a usually stone building with places for entombment of the dead above ground
• 2. a large gloomy building or room

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