| 单词 | funeral |
| 释义 | funeral (fjuːnərəl ) Word forms: funerals 1. countable noun B2 A funeral is the ceremony that is held when the body of someone who has died is buried or cremated. His funeral will be on Thursday at Blackburn Cathedral. He was given a state funeral. Synonyms: burial, committal, laying to rest, cremation 2. it's your funeral phrase If someone says to you 'It's your funeral', they think your decision or your actions will have bad consequences for you, but they are unwilling to interfere. [informal, feelings] None of my business, I guess. It's your funeral. Idioms: it's your funeral said to mean that you think someone is wrong by insisting on doing something in a particular way, but that they will be affected by the bad consequences resulting from it, and you will not Have it your own way. You'll be sorry. It's your funeral. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: conduct a funeral I conducted the funeral service at her church. Christianity Today He had even rescued the military priest who conducted his funeral. The Sun A minister could not reach the frontier settlement until the following spring, when he conducted a funeral service for all of the dead. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Their predecessors conducted the funeral. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He later conducted his funeral service. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was more reminiscent of a funeral wake. The Sun Fifteen local families lost sons in the strike on the funeral wake. Times, Sunday Times Over 1,500 fans attended his funeral wake and around 500 mourners were present at his burial. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Guests at weddings, birth celebrations, and funeral wakes are served generous quantities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They are performed in several contexts, most notably in funeral wakes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They squabbled over who should hold the funeral jar, and the weather was windy. Times, Sunday Times You do not need to hold a funeral. Times, Sunday Times They may now, finally, hold a funeral. Times, Sunday Times Another asks him if he has ever been able to hold a funeral. Times, Sunday Times The characters then hold a funeral for his now-deflated trousers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 葬礼 Japanese: 葬式 |
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