单词 | bone orchard |
释义 | > as lemmasbone orchard bone orchard n. slang (chiefly North American) a graveyard, a cemetery. ΚΠ 1861 F. B. Goodrich Flirtation i. 16 Call the Communion ‘a free lunch’, and Greenwood ‘a bone orchard’. 1932 Times 31 Dec. 9/5 All too quickly those dear old faces disappear..and their bodies are laid to rest in the ‘Bone Orchard’. 2016 Daily Rec. & Sunday Mail (Nexis) 22 Apr. (Features section) 40 It turns out the wicked Bishop Boys..tried to send him to the bone orchard and are now in pursuit to finish the job. < as lemmas |
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