English Dictionary

mastaba

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈmæstəbə/

名詞

A wide stone bench built into the wall of a house, shop etc. in the Middle East.

日本語の意味

中東の家屋や商店の壁に組み込まれた、幅広い石製のベンチ

At dusk, neighbors sat on the mastaba by the shop and shared stories until the stars appeared.

夕暮れ時、近所の人々は店の壁に造られた幅広い石の腰掛けに座り、星が現れるまで話をし合った。

意味（1）

A wide stone bench built into the wall of a house, shop etc. in the Middle East.

A wooden shutter which closes down at night-time, and by day two palm-stick stools intensely dirty and full of fleas, occupying the place of the Mastabah or earthern bench, which accomodated[sic] purchasers, complete the furniture of my preceptor's establishment.

意味（2）

(architecture) A rectangular structure with a flat top and slightly sloping sides, built during Ancient Egyptian times above tombs that were situated on flat land. Mastabas were made of wood, mud bricks, stone, or a combination of these materials. Some are solid structures, while others can contain one or more rooms, sometimes decorated with paintings or inscriptions.

The pyramids at Giza are flanked by large cemeteries containing hundreds of mastabas.

mastabas （ plural ）