grave

🇺🇸 /ɡreɪv/ 🇬🇧 /ɡreɪv/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP3000Oxford5000CEFR-B2
noun
C1

a hole in the ground where a dead body is buried

We put flowers on the grave to remember the person who died.

我們在墳墓上放花,以紀念逝去的人。

C1

a word for death or someone's death

His bad habits brought him to an early grave.

他的壞習慣讓他早早離世。

R

a mark over a vowel to show how to say it, like in French words

The grave accent changes how the vowel sounds in some languages.

重音符在某些語言中會改變元音的發音。

adjective
C1

very serious and worrying

The doctor said his condition was grave and needed immediate help.

醫生說他的情況很嚴重,需要立即幫助。

R

looking serious, like something bad has happened

Her grave expression made us worry that something was wrong.

她嚴肅的表情讓我們擔心出了什麼問題。

translation

n. 墳墓, 死亡, 重音符號
adj. 嚴重的, 嚴肅的

詞形變化

Comparative graver
Superlative gravest
Plural graves