cremate

/krəˈmeɪt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkriːmeɪt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkrē-ˌmāt kri-ˈmāt/ (ame, mw)

cremate — verb

  • crematepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • cremateshe / she / it
  • crematedpast simple
  • cremating-ing form

1. to turn a person's body into ashes after death instead of putting it in a grave.

1.動詞及物C1
釋義

to turn a person's body into ashes after death instead of putting it in a grave.

例句

Rafael asked to be cremated and have the ashes scattered at sea.

be cremated = passive form for funeral wishes

The hospital could not cremate Adisa's mother until the papers arrived.

cremate + body/remains as direct object

同義詞
  • incinerate

    more technical and colder in tone; also used for waste or documents

  • burn

    much broader and does not by itself imply a funeral context

  • reduce to ashes

    literary phrase that emphasizes the final result

反義詞
  • bury

    to place a body in the ground or a tomb

  • inter

    formal verb meaning to bury human remains

文法句型

cremate + body/remains

be cremated

ask to be cremated

用法筆記

Usually takes a dead person, a body, or remains as the object, and it often appears in the passive ('be cremated'). Common in discussions of funeral wishes, official paperwork, and what happens after a service.

常見錯誤

❌The family cremated the funeral after lunch.
✅The family cremated the body after lunch.
💡cremate applies to the dead body or remains, not to the funeral event itself.