tombstone
tombstone 英 [ˈtu:mstəʊn] 美 [ˈtumstoʊn]
n. 墓碑；墓石
名词复数:tombstones
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- n. 墓碑；墓石
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1. And please leave a small tombstone near home.
然后在我家附近立一个小墓碑。
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2. You told them about Boltzmann's tombstone and so forth.
你们告诉他们关于波耳兹曼的墓碑等事情。
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3. She now skipped irreverently from one grave to another; until, coming to the broad, flat, armorial tombstone of a departed worthy- perhaps of Isaac Johnson himself- she began to dance upon it.
此时她正大不敬地从一个坟墓跳到另一个坟墓；终于来到一位逝去的大人物——说不定正是艾萨克，约翰逊本人——的宽大、平整、带纹章的墓石跟前，在那上面跳起舞来。
- tombstone (n.) 1560s, originally the flat stone atop a grave (or the lid of a stone coffin); from tomb + stone (n.). Meaning "gravestone, headstone" is attested from 1711. The city in Arizona, U.S., said to have been named by prospector Ed Schieffelin, who found silver there in 1877 after being told all he would find there was his tombstone.
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