• n. 陵墓；陰森森的大廈

來(lái)自希臘語(yǔ)Mausoleion,大型墳?zāi)梗瑏?lái)自Mausolos,小亞細(xì)亞古國(guó)Caria國(guó)王，在他死后，其王后Artemisia為他修建了大型的陵寢，并被評(píng)為古代世界七大奇跡之一，其名字就成為大型陵墓的代稱。但其遺址不幸毀于公元三世紀(jì)的一次地震。

mausoleum

mausoleum: [16] The original mausoleum was a vast marble tomb (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world) erected in 353 BC for Mausolus, king of Caria in Asia Minor by his widow Artemisia. Its architect was Pythius, and its site was at Halicarnassus (now Bodrum in Turkey). Its Greek name was mausōleion, and it passed into English as a generic term for a ‘large tomb’ via Latin mausōlēum.

mausoleum (n.)

"magnificent tomb," 1540s, from Latin mausoleum, from Greek Mausoleion, name of the massive marble tomb built 353 B.C.E. at Halicarnassus (Greek city in Asia Minor) for Mausolos, Persian satrap who made himself king of Caria. It was built by his wife (and sister), Artemisia. Counted among the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, it was destroyed by an earthquake in the Middle Ages. General sense of "any stately burial-place" is from c. 1600.

1. As Archer rang the bell, the long tinkle seemed to echo through a mausoleum.

當(dāng)阿切爾拉門(mén)鈴時(shí), 那久久的鈴聲好似陵墓里的回聲.

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2. The Sun Yat - sen's Mausoleum area is a world - famous scenic spot.

中山陵園風(fēng)景區(qū)景色秀美,是享譽(yù)海內(nèi)外的 世界級(jí) 景區(qū).

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3. The number six is a magnificent white marble mausoleum inspired by love.

排名第六的是一座壯觀的為愛(ài)情而建的白色大理石陵墓.

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4. So we have a palace here and mausoleum there?

因此我們可以看出這兒是一個(gè)宮殿,那兒有一個(gè)陵墓?

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5. The Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor is now a national monument.

黃帝陵被國(guó)務(wù)院公布為全國(guó)重點(diǎn)文物保護(hù)單位.

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