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

• They were very near a graveyard and one of them suggested they do their business behind a headstone or something.
  他们是非常接近的墓地，其中一人建议他们做他们的业务墓石或背后的东西。
• 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。
• 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。
• She's in there chiseling my headstone.
  她在那儿为我刻墓碑呢。
• DOGGETT: Would he? Would he tell you about this? About his headstone?
  道吉特：他会吗？他告诉你这个了？关于他的墓碑？
• 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。
• She also had his cell phone number carved onto his headstone so others can call him, too, according to one television report.
  一份电视报道说，她还把手机号刻在墓碑上，这样别的人也能给他打电话。
• 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。
• The higher art academies 'study style directly influences and determines the quality of talents training, is the headstone and precious treasure of college construction and development.
  高等艺术院校学风状况，直接影响和决定着人才培养的质量，是高校建设和发展的基石和宝贵财富。
• 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。