charnels

[US]/'tʃɑːn(ə)l/
[UK]/'tʃɑrnl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 似停尸房的;阴森的;恐怖的
n. 藏骸所;停尸房;埋葬场所

Phrases & Collocations

charnel house

尸体堆积处

charnel ground

尸骨殿堂

Example Sentences

I gagged on the charnel stench of the place.

这地方的死亡气息让我窒息。

Europe in the immediate post-war period had become a charnel house.

欧洲在战事刚结束时成了尸横遍野的地方。

The bombing turned the barracks into a charnel house.

轰炸使营房变成了藏骸所

Vowed Charnel, who traveled everyplace With her slippered foot in a velvet case.

查耐尔如此发誓,他到处游走带着装在天鹅绒盒子里的她穿着拖鞋的脚。

charnel house of war

战争的残酷场面

charnel ground of history

历史的残酷一面

the charnel house of memory

记忆中的残酷场景

charnel house of the mind

心灵的恐怖场所

Real-world Examples

This wasn't a hospital. This was a charnel house.

那里不是医院,而是一间停尸房。

Source: Women Who Changed the World

Within the bosom of the encircling hills, an impenetrable darkness had already settled; and the plain lay like a vast and deserted charnel-house, without omen or whisper to disturb the slumbers of its numerous and hapless tenants.

四周群山的腹地之中,已经笼罩了一层深不可测的黑暗。平原就像一个巨大而荒凉的停尸房,没有预兆或耳语来打扰无数倒霉的房客的沉睡。

Source: The Last of the Mohicans (Chinese)

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