grave 
I.grave1 /ɡreɪv/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [Language: Old English; Origin: græf] 1. the place in the ground where a dead body is buried ⇨ tomb: At the head of the grave there was a small wooden cross. 2. the grave literary death: He took that secret to the grave. 3. somebody would turn in their grave used to say that someone who is dead would strongly disapprove of something happening now: The way Bill plays that piece would have Mozart turning in his grave. ⇨ dig your own grave at ↑dig1(8), ⇨ from (the) cradle to (the) grave at ↑cradle1(3), ⇨ have one foot in the grave at ↑foot1(24), ⇨ silent as the grave at ↑silent(3), ⇨ a watery grave at ↑watery(4) • • • COLLOCATIONS verbs ▪ dig a grave In the churchyard, a man was digging a grave. ▪ mark a grave The stone marked the grave of their young daughter. ▪ bury somebody in a grave (=put someone in a grave) She was buried in a grave next to her older sister. ADJECTIVES/NOUN + grave ▪ a shallow grave (=a hole that is not very deep in the ground) They found the woman’s remains in a shallow grave in the woods. ▪ a mass grave (=one that is filled with many people, especially people killed in a war or people who died of a disease at a similar time) Plague victims were buried in a mass grave. ▪ an unmarked grave (=one that does not have anything to show where it is or who is in it) Until 1855, poor people here were buried in unmarked graves. ▪ a family grave (=one where members of a family are buried together) Walter died in 1922 and was buried in the family grave in Finchley cemetery. ▪ an open grave (=one that has not yet been covered in earth) He wept by her open grave. grave + NOUN ▪ a grave site (=the place where a grave is) The President visited the grave sites of 12 youths killed in recent bombings. II.grave2 BrE AmE adjective 1. grave problems, situations, or worries are very great or bad ⇨ serious: Matthew’s life is in grave danger. The report expressed grave concern over the technicians’ lack of training. I have grave doubts about his ability. The situation is becoming very grave. REGISTER In everyday English, people usually use serious rather than grave, and seriously rather than gravely: ▪ I have serious doubts about whether he’s up to the job. ▪ I’m seriously worried about her. 2. looking or sounding quiet and serious, especially because something important or worrying has happened SYN sombre: Turnbull’s face was grave as he told them about the accident. —gravely adverb: Adam nodded gravely. We are gravely concerned (=very concerned) about these developments. ⇨ ↑gravity III.grave3 /ɡrɑːv/ BrE AmE adjective a grave ↑accent is a mark put above a letter in some languages such as French to show the pronunciation, for example è ⇨ acute, circumflex
gravehu◎ | [greiv] | ※ | danh từ | | ■ | mồ, mả, phần mộ | | ■ | nơi chôn vùi | | ☆ | grave of honour | | nơi chôn vùi danh dự | | ■ | sự chết, âm ty, thế giới bên kia | | 〆 | to be brought at an early grave | | ✓ | chết non, chết yểu | | 〆 | on the brink of the grave | | ✓ | (xem) brink | | 〆 | to dig one's own grave | | ✓ | tự chuốc lấy tai hoạ cho mình, tự đào mồ chôn mình | | 〆 | to make somebody turn in his grave | | ✓ | chửi làm bật mồ bật mả ai lên | | 〆 | never on this side of the grave | | ✓ | không đời nào, không bao giờ | | 〆 | from the cradle to the grave | | ✓ | từ lúc sinh ra đến lúc mất đi, từ lúc chào đời đến lúc vĩnh biệt cõi đời | | 〆 | as secret as the grave | | ✓ | kín như bưng | | 〆 | someone is walking on my grave | | ✓ | tôi tự nhiên rùng mình | | 〆 | to have one foot in the grave | | ✓ | gần đất xa trời | ※ | tính từ | | ■ | trang nghiêm; nghiêm nghị; từ tốn | | ☆ | a grave look | | vẻ trang nghiêm | | ■ | nghiêm trọng, trầm trọng; quan trọng (sự việc) | | ☆ | a grave mistake | | khuyết điểm nghiêm trọng | | ☆ | grave symptoms | | những triệu chứng trầm trọng đáng lo ngại | | ☆ | grave news | | tin tức quan trọng | | ■ | sạm, tối (màu) | ※ | danh từ | ◎ | [gra:v] | | ■ | (ngôn ngữ học) dấu huyền (cũng) grave accent |
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