Pronounced /greɪv/, except for meaning 5, when it is pronounced /grɑːv/. 义项5读作 /grɑːv/,除此外读作/greɪv/。
1 N-COUNT 墓穴;坟墓;埋葬处 A
grave is a place where a dead person is buried.
墓穴;坟墓;埋葬处 2 N-COUNT [oft to N] 死亡;终结 You can refer to some-one's death as their
grave or to death as
the grave .
死亡;终结 3 ADJ-GRADED 严重的;重大的;严峻的 A
grave event or situation is very serious, important, and worrying.
严重的;重大的;严峻的 4 ADJ-GRADED 严肃的;表情沉重的 A
grave person is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour.
严肃的;表情沉重的 -
William was up on the roof for some time and when he came down he looked grave.
威廉在屋顶上呆了一段时间,他下来的时候面色凝重。
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Anxiously, she examined his unusually grave face.
她忐忑不安地审视着他异常严肃的脸色。
5 ADJ [ADJ n] . 重音符;抑音符;沉音符 In some languages such as French, a
grave accent is a symbol that is placed over a vowel in a word to show how the vowel is pronounced. For example, the word 'mère' has a grave accent over the first 'e'
. 重音符;抑音符;沉音符 6 PHRASE [VERB and NOUN inflect] 自掘坟墓;自取灭亡 If you say that someone
is digging their
own grave, you are warning them that they are doing something foolish or dangerous that will cause their own failure.
自掘坟墓;自取灭亡 -
The magazine isn't trying to ruin his career, the man's digging his own grave by refusing an interview.
这份杂志并非想断送他的事业,而他拒绝接受采访就是在自毁前程。
7 PHRASE 九泉之下不得安宁 If you say that someone who is dead would
turn in their
grave at something that is happening now, you mean that they would be very shocked or upset by it, if they were alive.
九泉之下不得安宁 8 from the cradle to the grave→see: cradle Quotations
The grave's a fine and private place,
But none do there, I think, embrace Andrew Marvell To his Coy Mistress View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years