graver
n. 雕刻师,雕刻刀; 錾刀; 刻具
A grave is a place where a dead person is buried.
They used to visit her grave twice a year.
他们以前每年去她的墓前凭吊两次。
You can refer to some-one's death as their grave or to death as the grave .
...drinking yourself to an early grave...
纵酒而自折其寿
Most men would rather go to the grave than own up to feelings of dependency.
大多数男人宁死都不愿承认有依赖感。
A grave event or situation is very serious, important, and worrying.
He said that the situation in his country is very grave...
他说他的国家情况十分危急。
I have grave doubts that the documents tell the whole story.
我对这些文件能否说明所有的问题深表怀疑。
A grave person is quiet and serious in their appearance or behaviour.
William was up on the roof for some time and when he came down he looked grave...
威廉在屋顶上呆了一段时间,他下来的时候面色凝重。
Anxiously, she examined his unusually grave face.
她忐忑不安地审视着他异常严肃的脸色。
In some languages such as French, a grave accent is a symbol that is placed over a vowel in a word to show how the vowel is pronounced. For example, the word 'mère' has a grave accent over the first 'e'
If you say that someone is digging their own grave, you are warning them that they are doing something foolish or dangerous that will cause their own failure.
The magazine isn't trying to ruin his career, the man's digging his own grave by refusing an interview.
这份杂志并非想断送他的事业,而他拒绝接受采访就是在自毁前程。
If you say that someone who is dead would turn in their grave at something that is happening now, you mean that they would be very shocked or upset by it, if they were alive.
Darwin must be turning in his grave at the thought of what is being perpetrated in his name.
一想到冒他之名所做下的那些事,达尔文在九泉之下一定不得安宁。
1. a tool used by an engraver
I observed all day that Mr. Murdstone was graver and steedier than the two gentlemen.
我看到,那一整天,枚得先生,比起那两个绅士来都沉默、稳重.
It is possible that graver issues hang from it than might at first sight appear.
可能它牵连的问题要比乍看起来更为严重.
Otherwise, say environmentalists, the long - term costs could be far graver.
环境保护论者声称,如若不然, 从 长期 来看,费用会更加庞大.
Graver: V - shaped steel cutting tool used by engravers . Also called burin.
雕刻刀: 雕刻铜版用的槽形钢刀.
They carved the main tool for paper and oil pan are graver.
他们刻纸用的主要工具有刻刀和油盘.