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sarcophagus 音标拼音: [sɑrk'ɑfəgəs] n. 石棺 石棺 sarcophagus n 1: a stone coffin ( usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions) Sarcophagus \ Sar* coph" a* gus\, n.; pl. L. { Sarcophagi}, E. { Sarcophaguses}. [ L., fr. Gr. sarkofa` gos, properly, eating flesh; sa` rx, sa` rkos, flesh fagei^ n to eat. Cf. { Sarcasm}.] 1. A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called { lapis Assius}, or { Assian stone}, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia. -- Holland. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A coffin or chest- shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial. [ 1913 Webster]
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