late 14c., from Old French charnel (12c.) "fleshly," from Late Latin carnale "graveyard," properly neuter of adjective carnalis (see carnal). As an adjective from 1813. The Late Latin word was glossed in Old English as flæschus "flesh-house." Charnel house is attested from 1550s.
双语例句
1. A charnel smell came from the chest filled with dead men's bones.
一股死尸的味道从一个装满死人骨头的柜子里散出来.
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2. Vowed Charnel, who traveled everyplace With her slippered foot in a velvet case.
查耐尔如此发誓,他到处游走带着装在天鹅绒盒子里的她穿着拖鞋的脚.
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3. At Simonopetra [ Monastery ] monks pile the bones of brothers in a charnel house.
