Grave



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 严峻的n. 墓穴
• ［英］ adj. 严峻的 ( needing careful consideration) ;
• ［类］ 反义词: droll ( 滑稽的) ; giddy ( 轻率的) ; insignificant ( 不重要的)
• ［记］ 来自词根:grav ( 重)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb (graved; graven or graved; graving)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English grafan; akin to Old High German graban to dig, Old Church Slavic pogreti to bury
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. archaic dig, excavate
• 2.
  • a. to carve or shape with a chisel ; sculpture
  • b. to carve or cut (as letters or figures) into a hard surface ; engrave
• 3. to impress or fix (as a thought) deeply

II. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gr?f; akin to Old High German grab grave, Old English grafan to dig
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. an excavation for burial of a body; broadly a burial place
• 2.
  • a. death 1a
  • b. death 4

III. transitive verb (graved; graving)

• Etymology: Middle English graven
• Date: 15th century
• to clean and pay with pitch <grave a ship's bottom>

IV. adjective (graver; gravest)

• Etymology: Middle French, from Latin gravis heavy, grave — more at grieve
• Date: 1539
• 1.
  • a. obsolete authoritative, weighty
  • b. meriting serious consideration ; important <grave problems>
  • c. likely to produce great harm or danger <a grave mistake>
  • d. significantly serious ; considerable, great <grave importance>
• 2. having a serious and dignified quality or demeanor <a grave and thoughtful look>
• 3. drab in color ; somber
• 4. low-pitched in sound
• 5.
  • a. of an accent mark having the form ˋ
  • b. marked with a grave accent
  • c. of the variety indicated by a grave accent
• Synonyms: see serious
• ? gravely adverb
• ? graveness noun

V. noun

• Date: 1609
• ［trn］ a grave accent ˋ used to show that a vowel is pronounced with a fall of pitch (as in ancient Greek), that a vowel has a certain quality (as è in French), that a final e is stressed and close and that a

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