| 单词 | cemetery |
| 释义 | cemetery (once / 663 pages) n A cemetery is the land used for burials. If you are 11 and you purchase a plot in a cemetery, you are planning too far ahead. Cemetery comes all the way from the Greek work koimētērion, which means "sleeping place." But the sleep you do in cemeteries is an eternal one. Cemeteries can often be found near churches, or in big parks outside of cities, usually gated off because the ground has been consecrated, or blessed. Sometimes we use cemetery metaphorically. The sea is a cemetery for shipwrecked sailors, just as a junk shop might be a cemetery for old shoes. WORD FAMILYcemetery: cemeteries USAGE EXAMPLESThe 4,000 tickets to the 31 July event at the cemetery will be available through a public ballot online at www.passchendaele100.org until 24 February. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) With all the hallmarks of a village inn, The Flask is very close to Highgate Cemetery - the burial place of Karl Marx. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) Lewis and Clark County Deputy Coroner Heather Tupper says authorities responded to the discovery at an intersection about two blocks south of Forestvale Cemetery. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n a tract of land used for burials Syn|Hypo|Hyper burial ground, burial site, burying ground, graveyard, memorial park, necropolis potter's field a cemetery for unknown or indigent people land site, site the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located) |
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