charnel

n. 藏骸所, 埋葬场所 a. 恐怖的, 阴森的

发音

US /tʃɑːɹnəl/
其它
UK /tʃɑːnəl/

词形变化

charnels 复数 more charnel 比较级 most charnel 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A chapel attached to a mortuary.

  2. 2.

    A repository for dead bodies.

  3. 1.

    Part of a helm, now usually identified as the hinge (near the neck) by which the helm was secured to the breastplate.

    历史
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or relating to a charnel, deathlike, sepulchral.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

charnel house

上位词 1

vault
形容词

同义词 2

ghastly sepulchral

近义相关 1

offensive

相关短语

charnel house 藏尸所 charnel houses

词源

From Middle English charnel, from Old French charnel, carnel, from Late Latin carnāle (“graveyard”), from Latin carnālis, or possibly an alteration of Anglo-Norman charner, from Medieval Latin carnārium (“charnel”). Displaced Middle English fleshusse, from Old English flǣsċhūs.

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