| 单词 | headstone |
| 释义 | headstone noun[C] uk/ˈhed.stəʊn/us/ˈhed.stoʊn/alargestonethat is put at one end of agravewith thenameof thepersonwho hasdiedand otherdetailssuch as theyeartheydied 墓碑Compare gravestone tombstone See also stonenoun(ROCK)  digitalhallway/E+/GettyImages Gravestones and monuments
headstone| American Dictionaryheadstone noun[C] us/ˈhedˌstoʊn/atombstone Examplesofheadstoneheadstone This note sets on record information concerning theheadstoneof his grave. From theCambridge English Corpus For instance, some of the headstones surmounted by a blas' looking angel in a whitish e nightie look particularly awful. From theCambridge English Corpus The headstones are varied, but mostly in varying degrees of ugliness. From theCambridge English Corpus Schwatka'sheadstoneis small, when compared to others and especially with those of his parents who died before him. From theCambridge English Corpus Hart's rule of recognition achieves this by being a kind of necessaryheadstonefor the legal system. From theCambridge English Corpus However, evidence through historical aerial photographs and headstones on graves within the scheduled lands show that burials have taken place within the past 30 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Permanent headstones for all these graves are on order, and should be delivered this month. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No satisfactory cruciformheadstonehas yet been devised which comes within the limits which are necessary. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should explain that there is no question of the symbol of the cross not appearing on theheadstone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that his complaint was so much about the line of headstones as against a line of headstones of a similar character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That imposes physical limitations upon the size of the headstones, and those limitations in themselves react upon the form of theheadstone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not bearing so much on the question of headstones, or on the character of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The remaining undamaged original headstones, which have been kept in storage, are currently being examined with a view to their reuse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I can come up with three reasons why so many headstones fail. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The council was concerned that the headstones were potentially unsafe. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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