1560s, originally the flat stone atop a grave (or the lid of a stone coffin); from tomb + stone (n.). Meaning "gravestone, headstone" is attested from 1711. The city in Arizona, U.S., said to have been named by prospector Ed Schieffelin, who found silver there in 1877 after being told all he would find there was his tombstone.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Vincent loomed over me, as pale and grey as a tombstone.
文森特赫然聳現(xiàn)在我面前，面色灰白得像一塊墓碑。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. A tombstone is erected in memory of whoever it commemorates.
墓碑是為紀(jì)念它所紀(jì)念的人而建的.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. The tombstone was lichenous and crumbling.
墓碑長(zhǎng)滿了地衣,已在崩落.
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. Here lie the mortal remains of George Chapman, eg as an inscription on a tombstone.
喬治.查普曼的遺體葬于此處(如墓碑上的志文).
來(lái)自辭典例句
5. The tombstone is inscribed with her name and the date of her death.