英単語

mausoleumの意味・使い方・発音

mausoleum

[,mɔsə'liəm]
  • n.霊廟;陰気な建物

語源


マウソレウム、霊廟。

小アジアの古代王国カリアの王であったマウソロスの死後、彼の妃アルテミシアが彼のために大きな霊廟を建てたことから、その名は大きな霊廟の代名詞となり、古代世界の七不思議のひとつとなった。しかし、残念なことに紀元後3世紀に地震によって破壊されてしまった。

英語の語源


mausoleum
mausoleum: [16] The original mausoleum was a vast marble tomb (one of the seven wonders of the ancient world) erected in 353 BC for Mausolus, king of Caria in Asia Minor by his widow Artemisia. Its architect was Pythius, and its site was at Halicarnassus (now Bodrum in Turkey). Its Greek name was mausōleion, and it passed into English as a generic term for a ‘large tomb’ via Latin mausōlēum.
mausoleum (n.)
"magnificent tomb," 1540s, from Latin mausoleum, from Greek Mausoleion, name of the massive marble tomb built 353 B.C.E. at Halicarnassus (Greek city in Asia Minor) for Mausolos, Persian satrap who made himself king of Caria. It was built by his wife (and sister), Artemisia. Counted among the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, it was destroyed by an earthquake in the Middle Ages. General sense of "any stately burial-place" is from c. 1600.

例文


1. As Archer rang the bell,the long tinkle seemed to echo through a mausoleum .
アーチャーがチャイムを引くと、その長いチャイムは陵墓の中の反響のようだ。

2.The Sun Yat-sen 's Mausoleum area is a world-famous scenic spot.
中山霊園景勝地は景色が美しく、国内外で有名な世界的な景勝地です。

3.The number six is a magnificent white marble mausoleum inspired by love.
6位には、壮大な愛のための白い大理石の陵墓がランクインした。

4.So we have a palace here and mausoleum there?
したがって、ここは宮殿であり、そこには陵墓があることがわかります。

5.The Mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor is now a national monument.
黄帝陵は国務院により全国重点文化財保護単位として公表された。

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