headstone

英 [ˈhedstəʊn]

美 [ˈhedstoʊn]

n.  墓碑

复数：headstones　

TEM8

BNC.21900 / COCA.15640

牛津词典

noun

• 墓碑
  a piece of stone placed at one end of a grave, showing the name, etc. of the person buried there

柯林斯词典

• 墓碑
  Aheadstoneis a large stone which stands at one end of a grave, usually with the name of the dead person carved on it.

英英释义

noun

• a stone that is used to mark a grave
  Synonym:gravestonetombstone
• the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
  Synonym:keystonekey

双语例句

• DOGGETT: Would he? Would he tell you about this? About his headstone?
  道吉特：他会吗？他告诉你这个了？关于他的墓碑？
• At Arlington National Cemetery, each headstone is being marked with an American flag.
  在阿灵顿国家公墓，每块墓碑上都插有一面美国国旗。
• Buy myself a fancy headstone?-No, no, you won't be dead
  给自己买个豪华墓碑不，不，你还没死
• Parents not only give our body, more important they give us the headstone of growing.
  父母不但给了我们身体，重要的是给我们奠定了思想的基石。
• She's in there chiseling my headstone.
  她在那儿为我刻墓碑呢。
• He doesn't want what he says his "Oasis headstone" to be said in anger and irrevocable.
  他不想要什么，他说-他的“绿洲墓碑”-应该说，在愤怒和不可撤销的。
• Her husband lies in the same spot now; and they have each a simple headstone above, and a plain grey block at their feet, to mark the graves.
  如今她丈夫也葬在同一个地点，他们坟上各竖立一块简单的石碑，它们的脚下也各有一块平平的灰石，作为坟墓的标志。
• Education is the headstone of national development and the teacher is the lay a foundation.
  教育是国家发展的基石，教师是基石的奠基者。
• You could install a reverse periscope in your headstone so morbid voyeurs could come and ogle you.
  你大可在墓穴里安装一台倒置潜望镜，变态的过路人可以饥渴地窥视你。
• Mr Beeston, a stonemason who found the slab in a quarry years ago, thought it would make a nice headstone and nothing more.
  但比斯顿先生万万没有想到，他家猫咪的漂亮墓碑竟然是一件千年古董。