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    hearse

    详细解释:n. 灵车

    英语解释:

    名词 hearse:

    a vehicle for carrying a coffin to a church or a cemetery; formerly drawn by horses but now usually a motor vehicle

    详细解释:


    hearse

    n.(名词)
    A vehicle for conveying a coffin to a church or cemetery.
    柩车:装运棺材去教堂或墓地的车辆
    Roman Catholic Church A triangular candelabrum used at Tenebrae during Holy Week.
    【罗马天主教】 纪念烛台:一种尤用于犹太教纪念耶稣受难的赞美诗晨祷中的三角形烛台
    A framelike structure over a coffin or tomb on which to hang epitaphs.
    灵柩罩架:棺材或坟墓上用来悬挂墓志铭的杠架结构

    来源:
    Middle English herse [a harrow-shaped structure for holding candles over a coffin]
    中古英语 herse [棺材上用于装蜡烛的耙状物]
    from Old French herce
    源自 古法语 herce
    from Medieval Latin hercia
    源自 中世纪拉丁语 hercia
    from Latin hirpex hirpic- [harrow]
    源自 拉丁语 hirpex hirpic- [耙]
    probably from Oscan hirpus [wolf (alluding to its teeth)]
    可能源自 奥斯坎语 hirpus [狼(暗指它的牙齿)]