necropolis

英 [nəˈkrɒpəlɪs]

美 [nəˈkrɑːpəlɪs]

n.  墓场; (尤指古代城市的)大墓地

GRE

BNC.35052 / COCA.33583

牛津词典

noun

• 墓场；（尤指古代城市的）大墓地
  a cemetery (= place where dead people are buried) , especially a large one in an ancient city

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 墓地;坟地
  Anecropolisis a place where dead people are buried.
  1. ...a small Etruscan museum and necropolis 3 km east of the village.
     村庄以东3公里外的小型伊特鲁里亚博物馆和墓葬群

英英释义

noun

• a tract of land used for burials
  Synonym:cemeterygraveyardburial siteburial groundburying groundmemorial park

双语例句

• You'll see this big necropolis floating above Eastern Plaguelands.
  你将看到一个巨大的墓地悬浮在东瘟疫之地。
• Will of the Necropolis no longer grants expertise and now lowers Anti-Magic Shell cooldown.
  大墓地意志不再使你得到精准，现在变为降低反魔法护罩的冷却时间。
• It is at the city of Giza, a necropolis of ancient Memphis, and today part of Greater Cairo, Egypt.
  吉萨城曾是孟菲斯城超度亡灵的地方，现在是埃及首都开罗的一部分。
• Perhaps originally a sanctuary, it became a necropolis in prehistoric times.
  这座地下宫殿可能曾是避难所，但从史前时期起成为了大墓地。
• A small clue led me to the city of the ghouls, the place they called Necropolis.
  一个小线索使我的盗尸者的城市，他们所谓的地点墓地。
• These guards 'primary duty is to warn people not to stay in the Necropolis after nightfall and to watch for grave robbers.
  这些护卫的主要任务便是警告那些在黄昏后仍在墓地众逗留的家伙和保护墓地免受盗墓者的骚扰。
• The entire necropolis is surrounded by a wall, with guards posted at each of its four gates.
  墓地由围墙圈起来，共有四扇大门。而每扇门都有守卫站岗。
• Pieces of an ancient Egyptian necropolis which were pillaged from Egypt in1999 have been discovered in an antiques shop in Spain.
  一座1999年遭掠夺的古埃及大墓地的部分手工制品在西班牙一家古玩店被发现。
• Punic Town of Kerkuane and its Necropolis
  迦太基人的喀尔寇阿内城及其墓地
• The necropolis was located on a hill outside the city of rome.
  墓地位于罗马城外的一座小山上。