tower of silence

短语

发音

UK /ˌtaʊɚ‿əv ˈsaɪl(ə)ns/
其它
US /ˌtaʊɚ‿əv ˈsaɪləns/

词形变化

towers of silence 复数 towers of silence

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds such as vultures, the remaining bones being kept in an ossuary.

    宗教

词源

Calque of French tour du silence, from the fact that human voices are generally not heard at such places.

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