burial
noun /ˈberiəl/
/ˈberiəl/
[uncountable, countable]- the act or ceremony of burying a dead body
埋葬；葬礼 - a burial place/mound/site
安葬地；坟头；坟地 - Her body was sent home for burial.
她的尸骨已运回家乡安葬。 - His family insisted he should be given a proper burial.
他的家人坚持应该为他举行得体的葬礼。 - baptism, marriage and burial services
洗礼、婚姻和葬礼
Topics Religion and festivalsc1, Life stagesc1- His body was returned home for burial.
他的尸体已运回家乡安葬。 - There were objections to the body's burial in consecrated ground.
有人反对将这具尸体葬在圣地。 - We want to give him a decent Christian burial.
我们想给他举行一个体面的基督教式的葬礼。 - disturbing an ancient burial site
扰乱古坟场 - preventing the body's burial in consecrated ground
阻止在圣地掩埋这具尸体
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- decent
- proper
- Christian
- …
- give somebody
- attend
- go to
- …
- take place
- chamber
- ground
- mound
- …
- for burial
- burial in
词源Old English byrgels ‘place of burial, grave’ (interpreted as plural in Middle English, hence the loss of the final -s), of Germanic origin; related to bury. - a burial place/mound/site