entomb

英[ɪn'tuːm;en-] 美[ɪn'tum]
  • vt. 埋葬;成为…的坟墓

词态变化


第三人称单数: entombs;过去式: entombed;过去分词: entombed;现在分词: entombing;

中文词源


entomb 掩埋

en-, 进入,使。tomb, 坟墓。

英文词源


entomb (v.)
1570s, from Old French entomber "place in a tomb," from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + tombe "tomb" (see tomb). Related: Entombed; entombing. The earlier verb was simply tomb (c. 1300).

双语例句


1. Workers are still trying to entomb the reactor in concrete.
工人们仍然正在设法用混凝土把反应堆埋起来.

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