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charnel house

/ˈtʃɑːrnəl haʊs/

翻译: 存放或安置尸体的建筑或地方,常与大规模死亡或阴森恐怖的气氛联系在一起。该词也可隐喻性地用来描述充满毁灭或死亡的地方。

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/ˈtʃɑːrnəl haʊs/C2formal
  • zh存放或安置尸体的建筑或地方,常与大规模死亡或阴森恐怖的气氛联系在一起。该词也可隐喻性地用来描述充满毁灭或死亡的地方。

A building or place where dead bodies are kept or stored, often associated with mass death or a grim, macabre atmosphere. The term can also be used metaphorically to describe a place of great destruction or death.

  1. Place of death or decayC2formal

    A building or place where dead bodies or bones are stored; often used metaphorically to describe a scene of great death or destruction.

    zh死亡或腐朽之地

    • The battlefield became a charnel house after the brutal conflict.
    • The abandoned hospital looked like a charnel house, filled with decay.
    • Historians described the prison as a charnel house during the plague.