单词 | urn |
释义 | urn n. & v. --n   1. a vase with a foot and usu. a rounded body, esp. for storing the ashes of the cremated dead or as a vessel or measure.   2. a large vessel with a tap, in which tea or coffee etc. is made or kept hot.   3. poet. anything in which a dead body or its remains are preserved, e.g. a grave. --vtr. enclose in an urn. Derivatives urnful n. (pl. -fuls). Etymology: ME f. L urna, rel. to urceus pitcher |
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