sepulchral

• adj. 阴森森的；坟墓的，丧葬的

来自 sepulcher,坟墓，墓穴，-al,形容词后缀。引申词义阴冷的，阴森的。

1. of or relating to a sepulchre;

"sepulchral inscriptions"

"sepulchral monuments in churches"

2. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead;

"a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"

"ghastly shrieks"

"the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"

3. suited to or suggestive of a grave or burial;

"funereal gloom"

"hollow sepulchral tones"

sepulchral (adj.)

1610s, "pertaining to a burial or place of burial," from Latin sepulcralis "of a tomb, sepulchral," from sepulcrum (see sepulchre) + -al (1). Transferred sense of "gloomy" is from 1711. Related: Sepulchrally.

He spoke in sepulchral tones.

他说话语气阴沉。

牛津词典

'He's gone,' Rory whispered in sepulchral tones.

“他已经走了，”罗里阴沉地小声说道。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He made his way along the sepulchral corridors.

他沿着阴森森的走廊走着。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Do you hear sepulchral tone?

你是否听到那阴森森的音调?

期刊摘选

There was a rather sepulchral atmosphere in the room.

房间里有一种颇为阴沉的气氛.

辞典例句

There was a sepulchral atmosphere in the room.

房间里有一种“颇为”阴沉的气氛.

期刊摘选

Levchenko remarked that a kind of sepulchral quiet seemed to pervade the Residency.

在大门旁边的盥洗室里,列夫钦科说情报站里安静得似乎有点阴森森.

期刊摘选

He made his way along the sepulchral corridors.

他沿着阴森森的走廊走着。

辞典例句

He spoke in sepulchral tones.

他说话语气阴沉。

《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

"He's gone," Rory whispered in sepulchral tones.

“他已经走了，”罗里阴沉地小声说道。

柯林斯例句