an ancient Egyptian mudbrick tomb with a rectangular base and sloping sides and flat roof;
"the Egyptian pyramids developed from the mastaba"
mastaba 例句
英汉例句
the tradition of pyramid building started in ancient egypt as a sophistication of the idea of a mastaba or 「platform」 covering the royal tomb.
修建金字塔的传统始于古埃及,是与石室坟墓或用「平台」覆盖皇室墓穴这一想法的结合。
she notes that some mastaba (early non-pyramid tomb) walls in giza and saqqara were actually inscribed with 「curses」 meant to terrify those who would desecrate or rob the royal resting place.