entomb

• 动词，指将尸体放入坟墓或墓穴中埋葬；也常用于比喻义，表示把某人或某物封闭、禁锢或深埋起来，使其无法逃脱或重见天日。

A verb meaning to place in a tomb or bury, often used in a figurative sense to mean to confine or trap.

1. Place in a tombC1formal

   To place a dead body in a tomb or grave.

   埋葬

   • The pharaoh was entombed in a grand pyramid.
   • They entombed the remains in the family mausoleum.
   • Ancient kings were often entombed with their treasures.

   同义词buryinhumeintersepulcher

   反义词disinterexhumeunearth

2. C2formal

   To trap or bury something so that it cannot escape or be seen.

   掩埋或困住

   • The miners were entombed by the cave-in.
   • The city was entombed under volcanic ash.
   • The old documents were entombed in a forgotten vault.

   同义词buryconfineengulfimmureimprisoninhumeinterswallowtrap

   反义词disinterexhumefreeunearth