sepulchral
美音:
[(noun) sə´pu:lkrəl
]英音:
[(noun) sə´pu:lkrəl
]adj.坟墓的,埋葬的
难易程度:
sepulchral为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:sepulchrally
近义词, 同义词
sepulchral
/sɪ'pʌlkrəl; sə`pʌlkrəl/
adj (fml 文)
1 [usu attrib 通常作定语] of a tomb or of burial 坟墓的; 埋葬的.
2 looking or sounding gloomy 阴森森的; 阴郁的; 阴沉的
*a sepulchral face 阴沉的脸色
* speak in sepulchral tones 用低沉的语调说话
* look quite sepulchral 看上去阴沉沉的.
sepulchral
adj literary
sad, serious, and slightly frightening
a sepulchral voice
dark, empty, and slightly frightening
in the sepulchral gloom of the church