graveyard

IPA/ˈɡreɪvjɑːd/
KK[ɡrˈevjˌɑrd]IPA/ˈɡreɪvjɑːrd/

graveyard — 名詞

  • graveyardsingular
  • graveyardsplural

1. an outdoor piece of ground, often beside a church, holding the buried bodies and

1.名詞B1
釋義

墓地；墳場

教堂旁邊埋葬死者的場地

an outdoor piece of ground, often beside a church, holding the buried bodies and headstones of people who have died.

例句

Pim laid white roses on her grandmother's stone in the village graveyard.

Pim 在村裡的墓地把白色玫瑰放在祖母的墓碑上。

in/at the graveyard with possessive (someone's stone)

An old stone wall surrounded the small graveyard behind the parish church.

教區教堂後方的小墓地，被一道古老的石牆圍著。

graveyard behind/beside the church

常見搭配
  • village graveyard
  • church graveyard
  • old graveyard
  • walk through the graveyard
同義詞
  • cemetery

    larger, dedicated burial site; not tied to a church

  • burial ground

    neutral, often used for older or archaeological sites

  • churchyard

    specifically the ground around a church, even if no burials

文法句型

in/at + the graveyard

用法筆記

Often interchangeable with 'cemetery', but 'graveyard' is more common for small church-attached burial grounds, while 'cemetery' suggests a larger, dedicated site.

常見錯誤

He works in a graveyard shift.
He works the graveyard shift.
the fixed phrase takes no preposition before 'graveyard shift'.

2. a place that has filled up with things or people no one wants anymore — for exam

2.名詞B2
釋義

廢棄場

堆滿無人想要事物的地方

a place that has filled up with things or people no one wants anymore — for example, a desert lot full of rusting cars, or a job nobody hopes to return from.

例句

The empty lot behind the factory became a graveyard for broken washing machines.

工廠後方的空地變成了報廢洗衣機的棄置場。

a graveyard for + plural noun (unwanted objects)

Critics called the late-night slot a graveyard for promising new TV shows.

評論家說深夜時段是有潛力新節目的棄置場。

figurative: a graveyard for + abstract noun

常見搭配
  • a graveyard of
  • a graveyard for
  • elephants' graveyard
同義詞
  • dumping ground

    more literal; suggests an actual disposal site

  • scrapyard

    literal; specifically for metal vehicles or machinery

  • wasteland

    broader; suggests emptiness rather than discarded items

文法句型

a graveyard of/for + plural noun

用法筆記

Almost always followed by 'of' or 'for' plus a plural noun naming the abandoned items. Distinguish from sense 1: this sense never names a literal place where humans are buried.

常見錯誤

My old phone went to the graveyard.
My old phone ended up in the graveyard of forgotten gadgets.
this sense needs an explicit 'of/for + noun' to read figuratively.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

  • graveyard shift
  • graveyard wall
  • graveyard gate

常用片語

  • a graveyard of broken dreams
  • elephants' graveyard

介系詞搭配

  • in the graveyard
  • at the graveyard
  • through the graveyard
  • behind the graveyard