sepulture(名词,较正式/文学用语):埋葬;坟墓;墓穴。也可指“安葬的行为或地点”。(另有动词用法:to sepulture,意为“埋葬”,较少见。)
/ˈsɛpəl.tʃər/
They laid the soldier in sepulture near his family.
他们把那名士兵安葬在家族附近的墓地里。
In the old poem, the sea is described as a vast sepulture that quietly receives the lost and the forgotten.
在那首古老的诗里,大海被描写成巨大的坟墓,静静收纳迷失者与被遗忘者。
sepulture 来自拉丁语 sepultura(“埋葬、坟墓”),源于动词 sepelire(“埋葬”)。经由古法语进入英语,因此带有明显的书面语/宗教文本/文学色彩,常见于较庄重或古典的语境中。