mausoleum

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  • n.
    陵墓

Word Origin

mausoleum 陵墓,大型陵寝

来自希腊语Mausoleion,大型坟墓,来自Mausolos,小亚细亚古国Caria国王,在他死后,其王后Artemisia为他修建了大型的陵寝,并被评为古代世界七大奇迹之一,其名字就成为大型陵墓的代称。但其遗址不幸毁于公元三世纪的一次地震。

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1. First , recent claims of the mausoleum 's minarets tilting are untrue .
首先,最近有关陵墓塔尖倾斜的说法是不实的。
2. The foundations of the mausoleum are buried deep in the earth 's crust .
陵墓的地基深埋在地壳中。
3. The other original seven wonders of the ancient world were the hanging gardens of babylon ; the statue of zeus at olympia ; the temple of artemis at ephesus ; the mausoleum at halicarnassus ; the colossus of rhodes and the lighthouse of alexandria .
原七大奇观还有巴比伦空中花园、奥林匹亚宙斯像、以弗所阿提密斯神殿、毛索洛斯墓庙、罗德斯岛巨像和法洛斯灯塔。
4. So amz decided to help the government build a mausoleum in penghu and move the remains .
因此,湄京决定帮政府在澎湖建一座陵墓,移走那些遗骸。
5. The team has also secured permission to 3d-scan the mausoleum in january next year .
该小组还获得了明年1月对该陵墓进行3d扫描的许可。

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