charnel house

英 [ˈtʃɑːnl haʊs] 美 [ˈtʃɑːrnl haʊs]

n.  (旧时)存放尸骨的地方



牛津词典

noun

  1. (旧时)存放尸骨的地方
    a place used in the past for keeping dead human bodies or bones

    柯林斯词典

    1. 停尸房;骨灰堂
      A charnel house is a place where the bodies and bones of dead people are stored.

      双语例句

      1. Should divine life be immured in the charnel house of fleshly lust?
        圣洁的生活应该埋葬在肉体情欲的坟墓内吗?
      2. In just one hundred spring days, a million Rwandan Tutsis were massacred by their fellow Hutu countrymen and a small African country was turned into a charnel house.
        在春季里短短一百多天内,数以百万的卢旺达图西族人被他们的死对头胡图族人屠杀,这使得卢旺达这样一个非洲小国变成了一个藏骸所。

      英英释义

      noun

      1. a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

          Synonym:    charnel