单词 | bury |
释义 | bury v.tr. (-ies, -ied)   1. place (a dead body) in the earth, in a tomb, or in the sea.   2. lose by death (has buried three husbands).   3. a put under ground (bury alive). b hide (treasure, a bone, etc.) in the earth. c cover up; submerge.   4. a put out of sight (buried his face in his hands). b consign to obscurity (the idea was buried after brief discussion). c put away; forget.   5. involve deeply (buried himself in his work; was buried in a book). Phrases and idioms bury the hatchet cease to quarrel. burying-beetle a sexton beetle. burying-ground (or -place) a cemetery. Etymology: OE byrgan f. WG: cf. BURIAL |
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