late 14c., from Old French charnel (12c.) "fleshly," from Late Latin carnale "graveyard," properly neuter of adjective carnalis (see carnal). As an adjective from 1813. The Late Latin word was glossed in Old English as fl?schus "flesh-house." Charnel house is attested from 1550s.
雙語例句
1. A charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones.
一股死尸的味道從一個(gè)裝滿死人骨頭的柜子里散出來.
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2. Vowed Charnel, who traveled everyplace With her slippered foot in a velvet case.
查耐爾如此發(fā)誓,他到處游走帶著裝在天鵝絨盒子里的她穿著拖鞋的腳.
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3. At Simonopetra [ Monastery ] monks pile the bones of brothers in a charnel house.