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

• A thousand-year-old headstone stands next to the ruins of an ancient church on great Skellig island, off the southwest coast of ireland.
  在位于爱尔兰西南海岸的大斯凯利格岛上，一块千年墓碑耸立在古教堂的遗址旁。
• A nameless headstone stand above him.
  一块无名的墓碑在他上方哆嗦。
• If you enter the kirkyard, you'll read on his headstone, only that, and the date of his death.
  如果你去墓园，你可以在他的墓碑上读到只有那个字，以及他的死期。
• 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。
• 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。
• So he doesn't get his own name on his headstone?
  他的墓碑上还不能写自己的名字？
• Alongside the headstone rested a small, heart-shaped rock, slightly cracked, painted by our artist daughter.
  墓碑旁边立着一块小石头，呈心形，有轻度裂痕，被我做艺术家的女儿漆过。
• Theresa would go to the cemetery and sit, banging her head against Scarlett's headstone until her face was covered with blood.
  每当夜幕降临，特蕾莎就会去孩子的墓地坐着，用头不停地撞击斯嘉丽的墓碑直到血流满面。
• Comparative advantage theory possesses the function of headstone in international trade theory doubtless, but to accord with up-to-date trade nicely, we must correspondingly expand in meaning and extension.
  比较优势理论无疑具有国际贸易理论基石的作用，但要与当代的贸易现实很好地吻合，必须在内涵和外延上进行相应的扩展。
• The story of his loyalty and bravery is written for all to read on a beautiful headstone erected in his honor.
  为了纪念他，人们立起了一块漂亮的石碑，并把有关他的忠诚和勇敢的故事刻在碑上，让大家都能读到。