A sepulchre is a place made for a dead body — not just a hole in the earth, but a small room or a little building, often of stone, where people used to lay someone to rest.

A sepulchre is墓穴是 a place made for a dead body安放遺體的地方 — not just不只是 a hole in the earth地上的一個洞, but而是 a small room or a little building一間小房間或一座小建築, often of stone常常是石造的, where people used to lay someone to rest過去人們用來安葬人的地方.

You meet it in the Bible, in old stories, and in rather formal writing. Everyday English is more likely to say tomb or grave.

in the Bible, in old stories, and in rather formal writing在聖經、老故事，還有比較正式的寫作裡 you meet it你會遇到它. Everyday English日常英文 is more likely to say比較常說 tomb墳墓 or grave墓地.

The Holy Sepulchre is the name Christians give to the tomb in Jerusalem where they believe Jesus was laid.

The Holy Sepulchre聖墓 is the name Christians give to the tomb in Jerusalem是基督徒對耶路撒冷那座墓的稱呼, where they believe Jesus was laid他們相信耶穌曾被安葬在那裡.

Writers sometimes stretch the word in a dark, poetic way for anywhere that feels like a tomb: a cold empty hall, a silent house. There is also a very old verb, to sepulchre someone, meaning to put them in a tomb, but almost nobody uses that now.

Writers sometimes stretch the word作家有時候會延伸這個詞 in a dark, poetic way用比較陰暗、詩意的方式 for anywhere that feels like a tomb來指任何感覺像墓穴的地方: a cold empty hall冰冷空蕩的大廳, a silent house寂靜的房子. There is also也有 a very old verb, to sepulchre someone一個非常古老的動詞「to sepulchre someone」, meaning to put them in a tomb意思是把某人安葬, but almost nobody uses that now但現在幾乎沒有人這樣用了.

British spelling keeps the -chre; American spelling is often sepulcher. It feels literary and a little church-like, not a shop-and-street word.

British spelling英式拼法 keeps the -chre保留-chre; American spelling美式拼法 is often sepulcher常常寫成sepulcher. It feels這個詞給人的感覺 literary and a little church-like很文學、有點教堂氣息, not a shop-and-street word不是日常買賣、街頭會用的詞.