A crypt is a room under a church, often of stone, that in the past was used for burying people. You go down steps from the church floor and find a cool, dim space with tombs or shelves for the dead.

A crypt is a room under a churchcrypt是教堂底下的一個房間 often of stone通常是石造的 that in the past was used for burying people過去是用來埋葬人的 You go down steps from the church floor你從教堂的地板往下走幾級台階 and find a cool, dim space就會發現一個陰涼昏暗的空間 with tombs or shelves for the dead裡面有墓穴或放遺體的架子

Some crypts are still visited; some hold the bones of important people. The word is old and a little solemn.

Some crypts are still visited有些crypt現在還有人參觀 some hold the bones of important people有些則存放著重要人物的遺骨 The word is old and a little solemn這個字很古老，帶點莊嚴肅穆的感覺

Though actually, English took it from Latin crypta, a vault, and that came from a Greek word meaning hidden — so a crypt is a hidden room. That same hidden idea shows up in cryptic, a message that hides its meaning, and in encrypt, to hide writing.

Though actually不過其實 English took it from Latin crypta, a vault英文是從拉丁文crypta（意思是拱頂密室）借來的 and that came from a Greek word meaning hidden而那個字又來自一個意思是「隱藏」的希臘字 so a crypt is a hidden room所以crypt其實是「隱藏的房間」 That same hidden idea shows up in cryptic同樣「隱藏」的概念也出現在cryptic這個字裡 a message that hides its meaning意思是隱藏含意的訊息 and in encrypt也出現在encrypt裡 to hide writing意思是把文字加密隱藏起來

A crypt is not the same as a cellar under a house, and it is not crypto as in cryptocurrency; that short form is slang from cryptography, the art of secret codes. Here we mean the burial room under a church.

A crypt is not the same as a cellar under a housecrypt跟房子底下的地窖（cellar）不一樣 and it is not crypto as in cryptocurrency也不是cryptocurrency（加密貨幣）裡的那個crypto that short form is slang from cryptography那個簡稱是從cryptography（密碼學）來的俗稱 the art of secret codes也就是製作密碼的技術 Here we mean the burial room under a church這裡指的是教堂底下的那個埋葬用房間