cerement

n. 蜡布, 寿衣

词形变化

cerements 复数 cerements

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A burial shroud or garment.

    "Who is the woman in the cerements?", she inconsequently wondered.

    The cerements still cling to their wasted frames, but will soon be exchanged for a gayer garb in their passage from the tomb to the temple.

  2. 2.

    Cerecloth.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

shroud pall winding sheet

词源

From French cirement (“waxing, wax dressing”), from cirer (“to wax, wrap”).

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