graves - Tìm kiếm | Laban Dictionary - Từ điển Anh - Việt, Việt

Anh-Việt Anh-Anh Đồng nghĩa

grave

/ˈgreɪv/

US UK

noun

plural graves

[count] a hole in the ground for burying a dead body

dig a grave

The casket was lowered into the grave.

He was buried in a shallow grave.

We went to the cemetery to visit my aunt's grave. [=to visit the place where my aunt's body is buried]

A headstone marks her son's grave.

grave robbers [=people who dig up a buried body to steal the things that were buried with it]

When people think that a dead person would be very shocked or upset to see something that is happening now, they say that person is or must be turning/spinning in his/her grave or US turning over in his/her grave or US rolling (over) in his/her grave.

The company founder must be turning in his grave because of the changes we've made.

used to talk about death

She took her secrets with her to the grave. [=she died without telling anyone her secrets]

He believes that there is life beyond the grave. [=that there is life after death]

A hard life drove him to an early grave. [=caused him to die when he was fairly young]

She went to her grave [=she died] a lonely and bitter woman.

dig your own grave

xem dig

from (the) cradle to (the) grave

xem cradle

have one foot in the grave

xem foot

adjective

graver; -est

[also more ~; most ~]

formal :very serious :requiring or causing serious thought or concern

This violation of school rules is a grave matter.

His carelessness could have grave consequences.

They have placed themselves in grave danger.

I have grave doubts about this plan.

suffering from a grave illness

serious and formal in appearance or manner

The judge issued his ruling with a grave expression.

/ˈgrɑːv/ of an accent mark :having the form

The French word pre is written with a grave accent over the first e. - compare acute 7

* Các từ tương tự:
gravedigger, gravel, gravelly, graven image, gravestone, graveyard, graveyard shift