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Ý nghĩa của từ vựng grave1

grave1noun

Grave1

/ɡreɪv//ɡreɪv/

Nguồn gốc của từ vựng grave1

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’.

Ví dụ của từ vựng grave1namespace

meaning

a place in the ground where a dead person is buried

  • We visited Grandma's grave.
  • British war graves in France and Belgium
  • The plague victims were buried in a mass grave.
  • There were flowers on the grave.
meaning

a way of referring to death or a person’s death

  • Is there life beyond the grave (= life after death)?
  • He followed her to the grave (= died soon after her).
  • She smoked herself into an early grave (= died young as a result of smoking).

Thành ngữ của từ vựng grave1

dig your own grave | dig a grave for yourself
to do something that will have very harmful results for you
    from the cradle to the grave
    a way of referring to the whole of a person’s life, from birth until death
      have one foot in the grave
      (informal)to be so old or ill that you are not likely to live much longer
        turn in his/her grave
        likely to be very shocked or angry
        • My father would turn in his grave if he knew.

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