Sepulchral阴森的
Sepulchral refers to anything of or pertaining to burial. Derived from the Latin sepulcralis meaning "to bury in the earth," the term owes its root to the word sepulcher, a tomb or crypt for the dead. Many things can be sepulchral: the deep and hollow tone of a bell, a cold draft of wind that stands your hair on end, even the vacant eyes of the undead.
涉及到于葬礼有关的词都可以用” Sepulchral”这个词。这个词从拉丁语中的’” sepulcralis”发展而来,意思是埋藏在土地中。这个词的词根源自” sepulche “意思是为死亡准备的棺椁。很多东西都可以是阴森森的:深邃空洞的大钟,将头发吹立的狂风,甚至是将死之人空洞的双眼。
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