tomb
gb/tˈum/ us/tˈum/
B1
انگلیسی
~ 3600
معنیها
۰ معنی
اسم
B1
entity
1
Grave or burial chamber
A special building or place where a dead person is buried.
الگوی کاربرد:
a tomb for [someone]
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes confuse 'tomb' with 'tome' (a large book) due to similar spelling. They may also use 'tomb' when 'grave' is more appropriate for a simple burial site.
هممعنیها
grave (Grave is more general and can be simple; tomb often refers to a larger or more elaborate structure.)
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mausoleum (A mausoleum is a type of large, above-ground tomb, usually grander in scale.)
متضادها
cradle (Symbolically opposite as it represents birth and beginning rather than death and burial.)
ترکیبهای رایج
ancient tomb
|royal tomb
|stone tomb
|family tomb
|visit a tomb
موضوعها
death
|history
|architecture
|core_vocabulary
|religion
نمونهها
- Tourists visited the ancient pharaoh's tomb in Egypt.
- The archaeologists discovered a hidden tomb under the temple.
- He placed flowers at his grandmother’s tomb.
- The royal tomb was guarded day and night.
- They built a family tomb on the hillside.
نمونههای زبانآموزی
- We saw an old tomb in the park.
- The king’s tomb is very big.
- People come to see the famous tomb.
- The tomb is made of stone.
دستور زبان
صورت پایه
tomb
IPA
GB/tˈum/
US/tˈum/
هجاها و تکیه
tomb (۱ هجا)
Stress on 1st syllable (tomb)
صورتهای واژه
Noun
- Base: tomb
- Plural: tombs
خانوادهٔ واژه
عبارتها
as silent as the tomb
1/ˈæz sˈaɪlənt ˈæz ðə tˈum/
idiom
Completely silent
Very quiet, with no sound at all.
نمونهها
- After the guests left, the house was as silent as the tomb.
- The library was as silent as the tomb during exams.
the tomb
1/ðə tˈum/
fixed phrase
literary
Death or burial place
Used to mean death or the place where someone is buried, often in a serious or poetic way.
نمونهها
- Many poets have written about the silence of the tomb.
- He went to his rest in the tomb.