gravedigger的意思|示意

英语单词gravedigger的用法讲解

gravedigger是指“掘墓人”，就是负责埋葬尸体的人。它有若干含义，多指以掘墓为职业的人，出现在文学作品中，一般指位居社会底层的职业，属于劳动类职业。

gravedigger常出现在文学作品中，像《哈姆雷特》中的Yorick是一个掘墓人，参与的场景比较悲壮，作者通过掘墓人的伴随旅程营造悲伤的气氛； 在《好莱坞往事》中，Joey 就是一个掘墓人，其出现令电影神秘而又沉重，给观众带来一种恐惧感和破灭感；在《真相》中，老班就是一位掘墓人，为尸体掘坟，展示了尼罗河的传说和历史的光辉。

gravedigger的用法次多用于文学作品中，比如小说、戏剧、电影等，也有古典作品将其融入，比如马克吐温的《A Tale of Two Cities》中的经典台词：“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.And the bells were ringing for the grave digger.”

总结而言，gravedigger一般指以掘墓为职业的人，一般出现在文学作品中，被作者作为一种展示社会底层的职业，给观众带来悲壮气氛或者恐惧感。