Necropolis
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[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- n.大墓地, 公墓
- [英] n. 大墓地, 公墓 ( a cemetery)
- [记] necro ( 死尸) +polis ( 城市) -> 死人城市 -> 公墓;
- [同] 参考: metropolis ( 大都市)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
noun (plural -lises or necropoles or necropoleis or necropoli)
- Etymology: Late Latin, city of the dead, from Greek nekropolis, from nekr- + -polis -polis
- Date: 1819
- cemetery; especially a large elaborate cemetery of an ancient city