cemeteries
cemeteries — 名詞
- cemeteriessingular
- cemeteriesesplural
1. a piece of land where dead people are buried, often with stones or markers to sh
墓地；公墓
埋葬死者的土地或場所
a piece of land where dead people are buried, often with stones or markers to show each person's grave
Lucía visits her grandmother's grave at the old cemetery on the hill every Sunday.
Lucía 每個星期日都會到山丘上的老墓地探望祖母的墳墓。
collocation: visit + possessive + grave + at + cemetery
The city built a new cemetery outside of town because the old one was full.
市政府在城外新建了一座公墓，因為舊的已經滿了。
passive: be buried in a cemetery; reason clause
Tall oak trees line the path through the cemetery, shading the rows of headstones.
高大的橡樹排列在墓園的小徑兩旁，為一排排的墓碑遮蔭。
Cyrus takes flowers to his grandfather's grave at the cemetery every spring.
每年春天 Cyrus 都會帶花到墓園，給祖父上墳。
The cemetery where Benjamin's father is buried is surrounded by a low stone wall.
Benjamin 的父親埋葬的那座墓園，四周圍著一道低矮的石牆。
- graveyard
often attached to a church; less formal than cemetery
- burial ground
a more general or formal term that includes any land used for burials
- churchyard
specifically a cemetery next to a church building