English Dictionary

crypt

IPA（発音記号）

/kɹɪpt/

名詞

古語

(now rare) A cave or cavern. / An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place. / (anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.

日本語の意味

（現代の英語ではあまり使われない用法）洞窟や穴、自然の地下空間としての意味 / 地下の納骨室、特に教会の下にある墓室としての意味 / 解剖学において、器官の表面に存在する小さなくぼみや空洞

Explorers discovered a hidden crypt beneath the cliff where wind and water had carved vast chambers.

探検家たちは崖の下に隠された洞窟を発見し、風と水が広大な空間を削り出していた。

意味（1）

(now rare) A cave or cavern.

意味（2）

An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.

She turned and waved a hand to him, she cried a word, but he didn't hear it, it was a lost word. A sable wraith she was in the parkland, fading away into the dolorous crypt of winter.

意味（3）

(anatomy) A small pit or cavity in the surface of an organ or other structure.

Sometimes, too much foreign material can get caught in the crypts, leading to frequent infections.

意味（4）

(botany) Any of the genus Cryptocoryne of aquatic plants of southern and southeastern Asia.

意味（5）

(botany) Any of the genus Cryptopus of orchids of Madagascar and Mauritius.

crypts （ plural ）