cremate

IPA/krəˈmeɪt/
KK[krˈimet]IPA/ˈkriːmeɪt/

cremate — 動詞

  • 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

火化

把遺體燒成骨灰

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.

Rafael 要求火化，並把骨灰撒向大海。

be cremated = passive form for funeral wishes

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

醫院要等文件送到後，才能火化 Adisa 的母親。

cremate + body/remains as direct object

常見搭配
  • be cremated
  • cremate the body
  • cremate human remains
  • ask to be cremated
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.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

常用片語

  • ask to be cremated
  • be cremated after death
  • choose cremation over burial