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

• It is believed prisoners of war are led to a Necropolis to be flayed into Skeletons for the undead hordes of the Necromancer and Death Knight.
  据信战俘们会被带到墓地转化成骷髅，为亡灵法师和死亡骑士麾下的不死军团补充兵力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Experts have said the necropolis was destined for high-ranking personalities-such as warriors and ancient priests.
  有关专家还表示，这个墓地埋葬的都是一些地位较高的人物&如战士和古代的牧师等。
• Memphis and its Necropolis-the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur Sophie Marceau is really beautiful, and Sami Frey very attractive, as always.
  孟菲斯及其墓地&从吉萨到代赫舒尔的金字塔区域苏菲-玛索真的是美极了，而萨米-弗雷也一如既往地充满了魅力。
• Ayou Bienvenue, disconnected from the city by a secondary levee and train tracks, is a necropolis of cypress due to the intrusion of salt water flowing in from the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet.
  ienvenue河口和城市的连接被一个二级防洪堤和火车道切断，它现在是个柏树的大墓地，这些柏树是被密西西比河海湾出口流出的盐水淹死的。
• Abydos cemetery is one of the predynastic and early-dynastic necropolis in ancient Egypt.
  阿拜多斯墓地是古埃及前王朝、早王朝墓葬地之一。
• 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。