charnel

英 ['tʃɑːnəl] 美 ['tʃɑːnəl]

• n. 停尸房；藏骸所
• adj. 似停尸房的；恐怖的；阴森的

英英释义

Noun:

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

Adjective:

1. gruesomely indicative of death or the dead;

   "a charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones"
   "ghastly shrieks"
   "the sepulchral darkness of the catacombs"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The bombing turned the barracks into a charnel.
   轰炸使营房变成了藏骸所。

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. A charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones.
   一股阴森的气味从装满死人尸骨的柜子中透出。

词汇搭配

• charnel house 藏尸所

近反义词

【近义词】

• ghastly 可怕的
• sepulchral 坟墓的
• charnel house 藏尸所