汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 殉葬
殉葬
to bury sth along with the dead / sacrificial grave goods
古代以活人或物品与死者同葬的习俗。有的是死者的妻妾、侍仆被随同埋葬,也有用俑、财物、器具等随葬。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

红山文化大型墓殉葬的玉器似乎都有一定的组合。

Hongshan culture jade large tomb tombs seem to have a certain combination.

墓道两侧的三个车马库可能和西汉时期诸侯王墓殉葬三车的制度有关。

The three garages for putting chariots in at the sides of the catacomb tunnel is perhaps related to the system of burial with...

考古学家没有发现能表明这里是古墓葬或殉葬遗迹的陶器、装饰品和人工铺就的路面等遗迹。

The archaeologists found no pottery, ornaments or paved surfaces which might be suggestive of formal graves or burial rituals.

大汶口文化殉葬大量猪头和下颚骨,表明猪和陶器在原始社会后期曾起过货币财富的职能。

Dawenkou culture alongside a large number of pig and jaws that pigs and pottery in the late primitive society has played a function of monetary wealth.

在这种“事死如事生”的观念下,无情的殉葬制度出现了,并在中国的商代达到了登峰造极的地步。

Under the influence of the idea of being "dead as alive", the cruel burial system came into being and reached its peak time during the Shang dynasty.