a place in the ground where a dead person is buried 坟墓；墓穴；坟头 We visited Grandma's grave. 我们给祖母扫了墓。 British war graves in France and Belgium 法国和比利时的英国战争坟墓 - in a grave
The plague victims were buried in a mass grave. 瘟疫受害者被埋在一个万人坑里。 - on a grave
There were flowers on the grave. 坟上有些花。
Extra ExamplesTopics Religion and festivalsc1, Life stagesc1A mass grave has been discovered in a wood outside the village. 在村外树林里发现了一个集体墓穴。 A mass grave has been discovered outside the town. 城外发现了一个万人坑。 His body is buried in an unmarked grave. 他的尸体埋在一个没有标记的坟墓中。 She puts fresh flowers on her husband's grave every Sunday. 她每周日都要在丈夫的坟头上放一些鲜花。 Some of the graves have been desecrated by vandals. 一些墓穴被人肆意破坏了。 The body was found in a shallow grave in a nearby wood. 这具尸体是在附近树林的一个浅墓穴中发现的。 The grave was marked by a simple headstone. 坟墓上只竖着一块简陋的墓碑。 The mourners threw flowers into the open grave. 哀悼者把鲜花投进未掩埋的墓穴。 Whenever he goes home he visits his mother's grave. 他每次回家都给母亲上坟。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- open
- …
- dig
- mark
- desecrate
- …
- beyond the grave
- in a/the grave
- on a/the grave
- …
- [singular] (often the grave)(usually literary)
a way of referring to death or a person’s death 死亡；去世；逝世 Is there life beyond the grave (= life after death)? 人死后有来生吗？ He followed her to the grave (= died soon after her). 他紧跟着她离开了人世。 She smoked herself into an early grave (= died young as a result of smoking). 她因抽烟而早逝。
Extra ExamplesHe rescued her from a watery grave (= from drowning) 他把她从水中救起。 I'll be in my grave by the time that happens! 到那时候我已经命丧黄泉了！ The old lady still influences the family from beyond the grave. 这个老太太死后仍影响着全家。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- shallow
- open
- …
- dig
- mark
- desecrate
- …
- beyond the grave
- in a/the grave
- on a/the grave
- …
Word OriginOld English græf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch graf and German Grab. The adjective dates from late 15th cent. (originally of a wound in the sense ‘severe, serious’): from Old French grave or Latin gravis ‘heavy, serious’.
Idioms
dig your own grave | dig a grave for yourself
to do something that will have very harmful results for you 自掘坟墓；自取灭亡；自己害自己
from the cradle to the grave
a way of referring to the whole of a person’s life, from birth until death 一生；一世；从生到死
have one foot in the grave
- (informal)
to be so old or ill that you are not likely to live much longer 行将就木；命不久矣；大去之期不远
turn in his/her grave (British English)
(North American English also roll (over) in his/her grave)